Mattias Svensson (born 5 October 1972 in Karlskrona) is a

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libertarian

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and

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. He is currently a freelance writer and journalist, writing for several Swedish newspapers and magazines, including Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet. He used to work as an editor at the Swedish libertarian magazine ''Neo'', which was closed down in 2015. In his youth, Svensson was active in the Moderate Youth League, the youth wing of the Swedish

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. He holds a BA in

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and has previously worked at the organization ''Medborgare mot EMU'' ("Citizens against the

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"), the Moderate Party's parliamentary offices, as a columnist in ''

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'' (Stockholm edition) and as an editorialist in '' Svenska Dagbladet''. Svensson has written on subjects such as liberal ideology, the Austrian School of economics, the

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and the ' nanny state'. He is the author of three books: ''Mer demokrati – mindre politik'' ("More Democracy – Less Politics", 2000), ''Peta inte i maten!'' ("Don't Poke in the Food!", 2005) and ''Glädjedödarna – en bok om förmynderi'', 2010, all published by

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