Sweden's fertility rate has fallen to a historic low of 1,43 children per woman, well below the replacement level of 2,1. Karin Engdahl believes that political reforms are urgently needed to restore young people's faith in the future. She suggests reducing working hours, especially for parents of young children. Without more secure jobs, cheap, good and beautiful housing and investments in saving the climate. and stronger welfare…
Life expectancy and class gaps within it are increasing
Despite increased life expectancy since the 1950s, large differences between groups are increasing. The average life expectancy for men in Sweden is 82,3 years. For women, it is 85,4, which is 3,1 years more than for men. For example, the average life expectancy in the 1950s, calculated from birth, was around 74 years for women and 71 years for men. Nowadays, infant mortality is lower…
Debt settlement too difficult to obtain
The sharp increase in over-indebtedness in Sweden is not just a personal tragedy for hundreds of thousands of people – it is a systemic failure that reveals something deeply immoral in our economic system. Private debt mountain not necessary We live in an economy where banks do not lend money they already have, but create it by entering numbers…
Inhumane asylum policy from the Social Democrats
S is approaching SD's goal of inhumane asylum policy. Instead, we need generous, regulated and humane immigration & work for everyone at their respective levels - without unhealthy pressure. Report shows that immigration is a social benefitTony Johansson's report from Katalys shows that immigration is not a socio-economic cost but a benefit. An inhumane asylum policy harms....
The crisis of hyperglobalization – and the path to a new green Bretton Woods
The crisis of hyperglobalization finally arrived. For several decades, the world had been governed by one idea: that more trade, more deregulation and more global capital mobility would automatically lead to prosperity. In the report “Out of the Ashes into the Fire,” Stefan de Vylder calls the period from 1980 to 2016 the era of hyperglobalization – an era in which the economy became increasingly…
“Goody, Goody Two Shoes” – the perfect swear word
“Goody, Goody Two Shoes” – the perfect insult for anyone who wants to take someone down a notch. And not just anyone, but the type who seems to float through life on a wave of superior excellence. We all know someone – or at least we’ve come across them. But where does this come from…
Summary of War & Peace No. 2 2025
Krig & Fred no. 2/2025 – Summary The magazine Krig & Fred continues to grow and has now also taken over as a newsletter for former members of Pennan & Svärdet. The aim is to keep Swedish military history alive through articles on history, defense and security policy. One of the main topics of the issue is Swedish air power, where the development from the Cold War…
From the public home to the financial crisis
Anders Borg's confession and the false burden of debt In 2005, Anders Borg admitted that it was not welfare that caused the 1990s crisis, but a misvalued exchange rate and poorly managed macroeconomic policy. Despite this, welfare was left to bear the blame. The Moderates used this narrative to push through attacks on wage earners, privatizations and cuts. Already in 2006, when Fredrik Reinfeldt won the election,…
Stop the sale of cultural heritage
The government's cultural heritage sale - a scandal in several acts Protest against the sale and against the corruption appointment of Svenonius! Imagine that the state starts selling off our historic castles, churches and other cultural buildings to private actors - and the buyers happen to be friends of those in power. It sounds like a bad detective story, but it's reality. Now a big…
Landerholm – Corruption of friendship and the elite's right to fail
The right's double standards Scrutiny of politicians should not primarily be about who administers the country best bureaucratically. Politics is not just a question of efficiency - it is about power, responsibility and whether the people or the elite should have a good time. It is about the left realizing how Sweden's strength as an ecological country and...