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….
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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…
Debt settlement too difficult to obtain
The fact that over-indebtedness is sky-high in Sweden is not just a personal tragedy for hundreds of thousands of people – it is a systemic failure that reveals something deeply immoral in our economic system. In the fall of 2025, collection requirements will decrease slightly, but that is because people are too poor to even borrow. Private debt mountain not necessary We live in a…
Financialization a bigger price increaser than food shortages
When rumors rule more than reality Food prices have skyrocketed in recent years, and the reasons are more complicated than they first appear. Financial market speculation and stockpiling by major players control food prices more than actual shortages of raw materials. Sweden has also made itself vulnerable by eliminating its emergency stocks and becoming increasingly dependent on imported food….
Cooperation, care and human success - from the Stone Age to today
Stone Age Stone Age people survived not because they were the strongest or fastest, but because they could cooperate and care for each other in unlimited numbers. Researchers have found graves that show that even people with disabilities were cared for and buried with respect. This tells us that society depended on everyone…
The Mother of Bubbles 2025 – a comment on Cervenka
The mother of bubbles – but what is the basis? Economic journalist Andreas Cervenka accurately points to the risk of a Mother of Bubbles in 2025 after the US AI fever in 2024. The stock market is run by a few companies such as Apple and Nvidia. The "mother of all bubbles" is starting to be warned about, and history teaches us that bubbles burst sooner or later. Often every eight years…
Dental care should be included in high-cost coverage – just like healthcare
Dental care is part of the body and should be included in high-cost protection, just like healthcare. Dental care is a real need for the people and an investment that increases production in society through better health and quality of life. This reduces the risk of inflation. Despite this, the government chooses to reduce dental care support for young people and lower the contribution for young adults…
Why should we not say loans about government deficits
It is the term loan that is so misleading and could be misused to borrow from capitalists or abroad. Technically, it is not a loan either. The state can request that the people do the best they can and the state must help the people according to its ability. Then the state directs or helps the people by creating money…