The low and middle income earners need to have enough purchasing power to keep production going through their consumption. At the same time, consumption is not enough to keep the economy going. We need green technology and a high-quality production system where we refine goods and services.
Month: October 2020
Preventive and repressive measures are not enough against gang crime and crime
Against gang crime, criminality and social unrest, school and social services are important preventive and rehabilitative efforts, as well as police and prison significant repressive efforts are important parts. But even more important is to offer good jobs to everyone with long-term employment and good wages. Work is historically one of Sweden's most effective integration and order-creating factors. Unemployment also seems to lead…
Market rents do not solve the housing shortage
The Basic Law and the UN state that housing is a human right. The problem with the market solving a constitutionally protected right is, in this case, that housing is expensive to build. For one thing, history shows that capital tends to build too few homes in order to increase rents as much as possible. Market rents are not a solution if…
The Center Party's and the Liberals' LAS proposal lacks scientific support
Ola Bergström, one of the experts in the state inquiry into employment law, is deeply critical of the deterioration. The Center Party refers to him, but he sees the Center Party's plans himself: "The /..../las investigation's proposal changes the balance of power between the parties because the employer can make exceptions to the order of rotation without agreement with the workers' organization. The greater the possibility of exceptions, the less influence from the workers' organization. In addition, the exemptions mean that…
The public sector is needed for new technology
As you may remember from high school textbooks, the race between the developed nations during the Cold War led to technological achievements. These inventions benefited society and business. Business could generate large profits. The Italian-American economics professor Mariana Mazzucato has discussed this phenomenon in the book "The Entrepreneurial State". Much other research also shows that product development of competitive new…