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,…
Month: February 2025
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…