Dan Davies' ideas from the book The Unaccountability Machine see the whole of neoliberalism as a complex system with built-in errors. Jan Wiklund believes on the blog Gemensam in the article "All failures are due to bad routines" 2024/09/18 that crises and failures are not due to individual scapegoats but to a system error that is integrated into the structure of neoliberalism. Sure can…
Category: Business
Work for all provides a more stable, state-regulated mixed economy
Work for all is the goal society must have. Brilliant text on the benefits of full employment and its positive side effects. Niklas Blomqvist questions the idea that the market itself can create full employment. For example, Blomqvist points out that attempts to follow this path in the last thirty years have not produced the desired results. He emphasizes that work for…
The two-degree target is possible if the state invests now
The states of the world and Sweden must subsidize the transition to green technology and green energy as soon as possible. It is important for the two-degree target for global temperature increase. Without the state, Sweden risks missing both industrial competitive advantages and the chance to save the climate and nature. The 1,5 degree target has probably been exceeded. But if the states of the world and Sweden invest properly in...
Sweden is selling out our companies and assets
In 1999, Ford bought Swedish Volvo Cars because the Swedish company lacked capital. The company was then sold to Chinese Geely for 13 billion. (Source: Affärsvärlden). This has led to Swedish capital disappearing abroad. When Sweden's car manufacturer was sold to a Chinese company, a dictatorship gained control of this company. Swedish News 28 October 2022 shows…
Post-election analysis: communication, freedom under responsibility and equality
According to Red Justice's post-election analysis, the broad left including the Social Democrats must improve on communication, freedom under responsibility and equality.
Invest in production and green technology for the future
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.
The iron-clad wage law
The iron-clad wage law is strong. Citizens lowered social insurance during the Alliance governments 2006–2014. In the 2022 election, the Moderates wanted to cut the social security fund and worsen health insurance again. At first it didn't happen that way, but in the spring of 2024, the Sweden Democrats backed down. From the autumn of 2025, the minimum final level in the social security fund will be around 5600 after tax per month. The decision was made by the Riksdag on 18 June....