Vote for bigger government deficits! Deficits are part of how the state regulates the market and protects citizens and nature. Neoliberalism attacks this. How is money created? Can we afford to work? Sweden's Riksbank's prize in economic science in memory of Alfred Nobel in 2022 suggested that banks have an important role for the social economy even if this can…
Month: December 2022
The Tidö housing minister has abandoned housing policy
The government abandons the housing policy. First, the Tidö government decided that they would abolish all housing subsidies. Now the minister is canceling two investigations that had the purpose of countering residential segregation. Read more here. Yes, with even more residential segregation, it paves the way for even more social problems in vulnerable areas. There will also be problems getting housing people can afford...
Extortion - our society's highest morality
The title may sound a bit absurd. But how many of us don't work with blood, sweat and tears? Time studies take place at workplaces. The aim is to get the most out of the worker in the shortest possible time as often as possible. If the worker cannot live up to this, even if only by a few percent, she is ashamed to death...
Interest rate increases do not bite today's profit-seeking inflation
Interest rate increases do not bite profit-driven inflation. Big capital exploits its strength. Many companies have a monopoly position. They use this to push prices up faster than wages. This is how Big Capital exploits the crisis after Ukraine and the bottleneck effects after Corona. There are now bottlenecks on e.g. economically important semiconductors and other. This means that for the production of certain goods it does not…