There are evenings when life feels pretty simple. You've eaten, maybe read something, maybe exercised, maybe watched a bad movie that was still pretty good. Then there are evenings when your whole life suddenly opens up like an old linen closet and everything falls out onto the floor at the same time. Then you can start to think about how…
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Admin runs the page to promote the benefits for everyone, but especially low- and middle-income earners, of voting red-green. His driving force is concern for his and everyone's lives if there is no return to a red-green majority that usually wins the elections. Politics needs to return to Keynes and Wigfors's economic view in the vein described by researcher Stephanie Kelton in "The Surplus Myth." This new form of post-Keynesianism is called MMT. I differ from Kelton in that I believe that the job guarantee should primarily be created through an expanded public sector with good jobs at all levels in all sectors. Then you can supplement with Kelton's job guarantees. However, a generous unemployment fund and comprehensive social insurance system must also exist.
The Sweden Democrats' betrayal of their own voters
Worse unemployment insurance for the long-term unemployed, higher unemployment, eroded welfare resources and tax cuts that have greatly benefited high-income earners. A new report from Katalys examines what the institute describes as the Sweden Democrats' betrayal of the workers, unemployed and low-income earners who helped the party to power. The SD received 29 percent of the workers' votes in the 2022 election and 27 percent among LO members….
The red-green ones are best for the disabled according to disability website
For people with disabilities, the 2026 election could determine whether the money is enough for rent, food, medicine and assistive devices. HejaOlika's review places V and MP most clearly at the top for financial security. Both want to strengthen sickness and activity compensation and let society bear the additional costs of disability. MP has also allocated 500 million kronor in its budget for increased sick-…
The US and Israel attacked but Iran appears to be winning
The US and Israel launched a war against Iran. A few months later, Iran has struck American bases around the Persian Gulf so hard that Washington is now likely to be forced to reconsider parts of its military presence. The conflict shows the limits of US power in a region where oil, sanctions and control over strategic trade and energy flows have long been at stake.
Relationships alone are not enough – happiness requires a holistic perspective
Relationships important but no miracles Good relationships are crucial for well-being. A long-term Harvard study with that message, the New York Times recently highlighted. The research supports it. People with warm, stable relationships live longer and happier on average. Isolation, on the contrary, can be as harmful as smoking. More time with family and friends actually increases…
Pyrrhic victory for Western financial markets that breaks the US world power order
The Iran deal shows something bigger than a war The so-called peace deal between the US and Iran is a largely completed peace agreement, even if Netanyahu challenges it a bit by continuing to bomb Lebanon. But Israel will probably have to give in to Trump and the US can no longer afford the political and economic price of…
Money is not the problem
The economy that is wearing us out is the problem We live in a society where almost everything important is said to be too expensive. Healthcare is too expensive. School is too expensive. Dental care is too expensive. Climate change is too expensive. Secure jobs are too expensive. Pensions are too expensive. Humane working conditions are too expensive. But bank profits are not too…
With dreams and will from the Warsaw ghetto
The afternoon sun filters into the living room of Nina Einhorn's home in Stockholm. The 77-year-old doctor sits surrounded by photo albums and memories. A close friend at her side makes her laugh at an old joke. For a moment, the pain of both her cancer and her loss eases. The warmth of friendship brings comfort and the spark of life in Nina's heart.
Inequality breeds right-wing extremism
Everyone runs – few arrive A nurse counts the minutes between alarms. A warehouse worker lifts at the high pace required by the band. A teacher takes the correction home again. All three have too tough working conditions. Sweden is even among the worst in the Nordic countries in terms of cultural funding, which is why librarians and museum officials have far too poor…
Ulf Kristersson – the adult in the room
When order and order seem to apply most to others Scenes from Ulf Kristersson's political career The Moderates often talk about order, order and responsibility. Compared to the Social Democrats, Ulf Kristersson has publicly called himself "the adult in the room". There are several concrete episodes in political history. Strängnäs: savings package and red numbers In 2002, Ulf Kristersson took office as...