Public Wealth of Nations

Dag Detter is an advisor to investors in Europe and Asia, specialized in identifying under-performing high potential assets. As President of Stattum, the Swedish government holding company, and a Director at the Ministry of Industry, he led the first deep-rooted transformation of state commercial assets. He has worked extensively as an investment banker and advisor within the corporate, real estate and financial sector in Asia and Europe.Stefan Fölster is The Managing Director of the Reform Institute (a market-oriented think tank in Stockholm with a focus on innovative reforms). He was previously the Chief Economist for the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise. He has authored many articles and books, for example the recent Renaissance of Reforms published jointly by the IEA and Timbro.

"Detter (formerly, Swedish Ministry of Industry) and Folster (Reform Institute, Sweden) contend that democracy works best when governments have little direct access to public wealth. ... The authors present a compelling argument that better management of publicly owned assets would improve economic welfare ... . Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (R. E. Schenk, Choice, Vol. 53 (12), August, 2016)

• 1. What can public wealth do for you? 2. Don't rock the boat and the hand that feeds you - the cost of poor management 3. How state run business can ruin the economy and politics 4. The size and potential of public wealth 5. Attempts to reform management of public wealth 6. Active owner or Privatise - Swedish and Asian pioneers vs Thatcher 7. Monetising yields value, and improves democracy as well 8. The anatomy of National Wealth Funds 9. Strategies for creating value 10. We all want to build roads now but can we afford it? 11. How politicians can become consumer advocates instead of quasi-capitalists