1993-2009 “the population increased by 23 percent while the global economy grew by a whopping 153 percent. This can be compared to the fact that man's footprint on the environment "only" grew by 9 percent during the same period." ( http://www.va.se/nyheter/2016/08/25/miljopaverkan-bromsar-in/ ) It seems that an increasingly advanced industry causes less climate impact than older, dirtier industry. Hope you can always?…
Month: August 2016
The citizens are against the middle and working class
Citizens suspended talks on how to speed up housing construction again because the red-greens protected the interests of the people and refused to agree to market rents. Market rents that not many people would be able to afford would lead to a chain of migration from better housing to worse, where those who lived in the worst housing would become homeless. In addition…
Think about yourself and others
In order to be able to help others, you have to make sure that your own life is also good. Take care of your body and soul, take care of your home, educate yourself or otherwise get the job of your dreams. Maybe you want to save in shares or funds? It is OK. Do you want to go to the cinema, coffee,…
Free trade agreements for corporate control of societies may fall
American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said that she intends to put an end to the TPP free trade agreement that concerns the United States and the countries of the Pacific Ocean. Then the sister agreement TTIP between the US and the EU will probably also fall. Both free trade agreements are really just free trade agreements in name. What they are actually doing is a huge transfer of power from democratic, popularly elected power holders to today's corporate owners.
A school, residential areas and a community for all
A moderate politician told us that the problem with the Swedish school before the free school reform and municipalization in the 90s was that it made all students succeed too well and evenly. According to him, the burghers wanted it to be easier for the children of the burghers to succeed and harder for the children of the poor. Free school choice succeeded in this. For the price…
Market rents are destructive for all parties
Market rents lead to consumption so low that it threatens jobs and businesses. In addition, it leads to mass homelessness and unhealthy overcrowding.