Talk:Economy of Finland

message: This article appears extremely POV, in that it ignores the very significant role of the state (e.g., regulation and public expenditures) in building Finland's strong economy.  It ignores the fact that Finland's highly-educated population and low-crime rate were and are supported by very high taxes and rates of expenditure (as compared.,e.g., with the U.S.) If you were to rely on this article alone, you would think that Finland's economy grew as a result of the government's simply getting out of the way - nonsense. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.40.1.129 (talk) 22:07, 5 January 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The US are an anomality. Looking at List of countries by tax revenue as percentage of GDP the Finnish taxation is in line with the taxation in other European countries. Lumialover2 (talk) 08:37, 30 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Major POV

message: Updating some GDP growth figures (according to the IMF ) and inserting a table to show growth:
Year	GDP  in billions of USD PPP	% GDP Growth
2002	139.882                    	2.2
2003	145.327                    	2.4
2004	152.955                    	3.6
2005	161.099                    	1.8
2006	168.348                    	3.2
2012	192.541                    	-0.8
http://www.stat.fi/til/vtp/2012/vtp_2012_2013-07-11_tau_001_en.html
Link for verification --JDnCoke 18:08, 22 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  GDP Update 

message: The article says: "Unemployment continues to be a problem for Finland even if rapid growth of the production after the recession and active employment policies have reduced unemployment to 8,8 % of labor force in 2004. According to Bank of Finland's statistics, the estimated total rate of unemployment including hidden unemployment accounted to 18% in the fall of 2003."
Perhaps it could be noted that 8,8% - not 18% - is the official figure measured following the accepted EU standards.
"Timber and metalworking are Finland's main industries"
What about telecommunications and electronics?
Taking into account that agriculture is about 4% of the GDP it clearly receives a bit too much attention.
"Although free education through the university level also is available, only about one child in four receives a higher education in the highly competitive system." and on the other hand: ". About 60% select the academic line." Is there a discrepancy?
"The good infrastructure in Finland has enhanced Finland's position as a gateway to Russia." 
The road to St. Petersburg hardly represents good infrasturcture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.74.196.17 (talk) 19:04, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comments

message: :Although free education through the university level also is available, only about one child in four receives a higher education in the highly competitive system.
Isn't it so in the Anglo-Saxon countries that "career colleges", that is, the same as Finnish second-level vocational schools, are considered "universities"? The statement above is highly misleading. Currently, there are too many academically educated people, but too few vocationally educated, compared to market demand. --Vuo 15:26, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  What ''is'' university education? 

message: There is a better article on the Finnish Wikipedia. I would suggest a complete translation from that article rather than editing this version. The English article suffers from several, difficult-to-correct problems with emphasis, style, and accuracy. My first impression is that it's very similar to the CIA World Factbook entry. Missing from the article are things like:
*Finland is one of the most knowledge-based economies in the world, it's not just manufacturing, but technology.
*The chemical industry is the third largest industry
*Taxation facts and government spending
*Unemployment
All of this should be in both Finnish and English articles. --Vuo 16:00, 19 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better article in Finnish 

message: Looking at the statistics from OECD, I am not sure how well that qualifies?
http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/viewhtml.aspx?queryname=313&querytype=view&lang=en -- Acksyning 16:46, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Largely Free Market"? 

message: AKA the market fundamentalists. And not only here.  
Socialist fundamentalist could also keep their hands off here.
—Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.27.67.160 (talk) 19:08, 25 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The looney faction could keep their hands off 

message: In the last revision I edited, I found duplicate named references, i.e. references sharing the same name, but not having the same content. Please check them, as I am not able to fix them automatically :) 
* "oecd2004" :
** Finland Economy 2004, OECD
** Economic Survey of Finland in 2004, OECD
DumZiBoT (talk) 16:51, 1 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bot report : Found duplicate references ! 

message: The sidebar on the rights contains the sentence "Micah's a fag!!!!!!!!!!!".  I couldn't figure out how to delete it.  Hopefully somebody more skilled in the ways of Wikipedia will see this and remove it.
83.145.240.248 (talk) 10:17, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism - can't figure out how to fix it 

message: The son of a friend of mine was doing a geography project on Finnish industry and commented this was not mentioned on this page so I have added his researches and references to this page on his behalf.  I am no expert on the subject so maybe someone else will take up the baton and run Mjchesnel (talk) 10:51, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Finnish industry

message: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/fi.html
i used the cia data--Noelmantra (talk) 16:00, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  i updated the imports and exports 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on Economy of Finland. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add  after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20110723180005/http://www.finland.or.tz/public/default.aspx?nodeid=31659&contentlan=2&culture=en-US to http://www.finland.or.tz/public/default.aspx?nodeid=31659&contentlan=2&culture=en-US
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20120127045055/http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=28308 to http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/news/showarticle.asp?intNWSAID=28308
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20121015013131/http://etla.fi/files/915_FES_02_4_biotechnology.pdf to http://www.etla.fi/files/915_FES_02_4_biotechnology.pdf
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20120527094710/http://ec.europa.eu/energy/energy_policy/doc/factsheets/mix/mix_fi_en.pdf to http://ec.europa.eu/energy/energy_policy/doc/factsheets/mix/mix_fi_en.pdf
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20071211110910/http://www.largestcompanies.com/default$/lev2-TopList/lev2Desc-The_largest_companies_(turnover)/AdPageId-102/list-2/cc-FI/ to http://www.largestcompanies.com/default$/lev2-TopList/lev2Desc-The_largest_companies_(turnover)/AdPageId-102/list-2/cc-FI/
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20090326210604/http://www.eva.fi/files/804_onko_omistamisella_valia.pdf to http://www.eva.fi/files/804_onko_omistamisella_valia.pdf
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20130621001900/http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/ImgLib/3/133/ecograph2.gif to http://virtual.finland.fi/netcomm/ImgLib/3/133/ecograph2.gif
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20120905212132/http://www.etla.fi/files/1892_the_nordic_model_complete.pdf to http://www.etla.fi/files/1892_the_nordic_model_complete.pdf
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20150317171513/http://www.vnk.fi/julkaisukansio/2007/j10-ikaantymisen-taloudelliset-vaikutukset/pdf/fi.pdf to http://www.vnk.fi/julkaisukansio/2007/j10-ikaantymisen-taloudelliset-vaikutukset/pdf/fi.pdf
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20120126203237/http://www.taloussanomat.fi/omatalous/2008/02/29/Kotitalouksien+velkaantumisaste+yli+sadan+prosentin/20086262/322?rss=4 to http://www.taloussanomat.fi/omatalous/2008/02/29/Kotitalouksien+velkaantumisaste+yli+sadan+prosentin/20086262/322?rss=4
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20150513100426/http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Income+disparities+growing+faster+in+Finland+than+in+any+other+OECD+country/1135241060829 to http://www.hs.fi/english/article/Income+disparities+growing+faster+in+Finland+than+in+any+other+OECD+country/1135241060829
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070120031125/http://www.weforum.org:80/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%2520Competitiveness%2520Report/index.htm to http://www.weforum.org/en/initiatives/gcp/Global%20Competitiveness%20Report/index.htm
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20070304120247/http://www.mckinsey.com:80/locations/helsinki/pdf/finlands_economy_achievements_challenges_priorities.pdf to http://www.mckinsey.com/locations/helsinki/pdf/finlands_economy_achievements_challenges_priorities.pdf
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/20140805132225/http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20080421a1.html to http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20080421a1.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.
Cheers. —cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 03:21, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello everyone, I am working for the International Trade Centre (ITC), a UN/WTO agency that aims to promote sustainable economic development through trade promotion. I would like to propose the addition of an external link (http://www.macmap.org/QuickSearch/FindTariff/FindTariff.aspx?subsite=open_access&country=246&source=1|ITC) that leads directly to our online database of customs tariffs applied by Finland. Visitors can easily look up market access information for Finland by selecting the product and partner of their interest. I would like you to consider this link under the WP:ELYES #3 prescriptions. Moreover, the reliability and the pertinence of this link can be supported by the following facts 
1) ITC is part of the United Nations, and aims to share trade and market access data on by country and product as a global public good
2) No registration is required to access this information
3) Market access data (Tariffs and non-tariff measures) are regularly updated
Thank you,
Divoc (talk) 09:06, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: External link to tariff data

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on Economy of Finland. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add  after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120905212132/http://www.etla.fi/files/1892_the_nordic_model_complete.pdf to http://www.etla.fi/files/1892_the_nordic_model_complete.pdf
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20080517015816/http://search.japantimes.co.jp:80/cgi-bin/eo20080421a1.html to http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20080421a1.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true to let others know.
Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 09:24, 27 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just added archive links to  on Economy of Finland. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add  after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add  to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20110717031040/http://www.vero.fi/?article=1280&domain=VERO_ENGLISH&path=488,489&language=ENG to http://www.vero.fi/?article=1280&domain=VERO_ENGLISH&path=488,489&language=ENG
*Added archive http://web.archive.org/web/20080517015816/http://search.japantimes.co.jp:80/cgi-bin/eo20080421a1.html to http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/eo20080421a1.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).
Cheers.—cyberbot IITalk to my owner:Online 09:20, 10 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified  on Economy of Finland. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Corrected formatting/usage for http://www.tcmb.gov.tr/yeni/evds/yayin/kitaplar/enf_kitap/4-Antti_Suvanto.pdf
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120905212132/http://www.etla.fi/files/1892_the_nordic_model_complete.pdf to http://www.etla.fi/files/1892_the_nordic_model_complete.pdf
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120905212132/http://www.etla.fi/files/1892_the_nordic_model_complete.pdf to http://www.etla.fi/files/1892_the_nordic_model_complete.pdf
When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at ).
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 19:05, 19 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians,
I have just modified one external link on Economy of Finland. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
*Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120207032252/http://217.71.145.20/TRIPviewer/temp/TUNNISTE_VaVM_15_1996_fi.html to http://217.71.145.20/TRIPviewer/temp/TUNNISTE_VaVM_15_1996_fi.html
When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.
Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 21:15, 16 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  External links modified