Aftonbladet writes today about how venture capitalists in welfare collect tens of millions every year in compensation of various kinds. The journalists Carolina Neurath and Jan Almgren are behind the disclosure in the book "The Swedish Venture Capitalists".
Month: August 2014
Gothenburg Moderat wants deductions for voter contacts
Cecilia Magnusson, Member of Parliament (M), wants to make deductions for her "voter contacts". But the Swedish Tax Agency gives a cold hand: "Some part seems to constitute personal hospitality towards voter contacts and some part seems to refer to a natural part of your work in the Riksdag"
Miserliness towards our most vulnerable creates recession
When you cut benefits and social security, minimum wages go down. This in turn puts downward pressure on wages just above minimum wages. It lowers purchasing power and tax revenues. When taxes are reduced, the public sector must exempt. When the purchasing power of the public sector and its staff declines, consumption of private sector goods and services declines. Then the private employers must also...
Academedia's founder: Invest less in students in need of support
Bengt Stillström, founder of Academedia, believes that special support for the students who need it is a waste. The school can never be equal anyway. In DI, Bengt writes, in all supposed good intentions: "Despite increased efforts, it will turn out that the small group that has difficulty with school still does not perform anywhere near...
Non-Alliance Sweden points out the Alliance's connections to companies
Non-aligned Sweden has made a map of the business interests of various alliance politicians. See the picture on the right. You can also find an image file here, or a PDF file here. PS. Don't forget to sign the petition against venture capitalists in welfare. DS. PS. Here you will find the Left Party's concrete proposal for a welfare free from profit interests.
S invests in the teachers
It is with jobs that require knowledge that Sweden must compete for job opportunities in the world. Jobs that require know-how provide higher pay and better conditions as they lead to higher productivity. Then it is absolutely right that the Social Democrats want to invest in the teachers' status and conditions. Without teachers, no workforce with high know-how.
Right-wing economics institution: Too much income inequality threatens growth
The right-wing economic institution Standard & Poors says in a new report that the widening gap between what the top one percent earns and what the average person earns threatens economic growth and thus the ability of the rich to stay rich or get richer.
The Gothenburg moderates want to ban begging
The Gothenburg moderate and Riksdag member Cecilia Magnusson wants to ban begging. In a long debate article in DN, she explains why:
The job of the future
As I wrote in the last article about automation, a research director at Stanford University predicts that within 10-15 years most professions will be so automated and robotic that only a fraction of the jobs will be performed by humans. We can share the jobs that are still needed so that everyone can get significantly more humane...