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Well-functioning societies are always works in progress. It鈥檚 hard. Even those whose citizens operate with the best intentions struggle with mutual distrust, and with self-imposed threats to their collective welfare.

What pulls them through?

We go deep today on Sweden. Writer Erika Page reports on a sense of balance and moderation that鈥檚 so historically ingrained there that it has a name: 鈥渓agom.鈥�

In a companion podcast, Erika talks about her reporting, and about a question of cultural cohesion that it raised:

鈥淗ow do we move forward while honoring everybody鈥檚 individuality, but also with an understanding of our interconnectedness, and where is that balance? That鈥檚 especially interesting to me,鈥� Erika says, 鈥渁bout the concept of 鈥榣agom.鈥欌��