Nordic countries not the utopia they seem, says author

We speak with Michael Booth, a British author who set out to explore each Nordic state, with the aim of debunking the myth of the Scandinavian utopia.

Nearly a decade ago, the writer moved to his wife's native Denmark. It was ranked as the happiest country in the world at the time, but Booth was somewhat baffled. He found the reality of life in a Nordic country quite different from the way the rest of the world believes it to be-- a bastion of equality, social harmony, and rosy cheeks.

So, he decided to write about what he found there. Michael Booth's new book is called The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia. He spoke to us from Copenhagen.

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This segment was produced by The Current's Kristin Nelson.