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…
Category: Banking reform
He who is in debt is not free - the untrue myth about Göran Persson and his heroic glory
"He who is in debt is not free." Göran Persson's trip to New York to ask for a loan and implement cutbacks has become a destructive and untrue myth in Swedish politics. But the story about the crisis in the 1990s and the need for budget consolidation is not correct. This is written by researchers Niklas Altermark, Max Jerneck and Elisabeth...
Trickle-down economics has reached the end of the road
The absurdity becomes almost comical. Simona Mohamsson wants to make Sweden a tax haven for billionaires and double the number of billionaires by 2036, despite the fact that Sweden is already one of the world's most favorable countries for very large fortunes. TV4, SVT and Sveriges Radio have reported on the Liberals' goal of 1,000 billionaires, and economists have already expected…
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.
The classic conflict between labor and capital is always relevant
Johan Sjölander, new CEO of the social democratic think tank Tiden, has written a brilliant essay about the swings of politics since a number of decades ago. Sjölander emphasizes the Bildt government's strong residual effects, even if these were destructive. Sjölander seems to believe in a third way as the future path to victory for the broad left.
"Survival" - Book for libertarian left-wing social democracy
Why did welfare in Sweden begin to be dismantled from the 70s? Can everyone get a job? How do we give people housing? The climate - how do we save it? Feel good in a challenging society, okay? The newly published book "Survival - for society and the people" wants to spark discussion about society and life. Read the review by Lars Gahrn,…
12-year-old girl explains bank corruption
President Obama and many other (social) democrats listen too much to the middle
Obama said he didn't have much power. That is why he did so little to tax the richest and regulate financial capital. That claim is now rapidly being undermined by Trump with all his executive orders in a short period of time. Trump's commands show how much power the US president really has. Obama's, the Democrats' and the rest of the world's democratic…
The Economist: ISDS favors big capital at the expense of the people without being necessary for growth
According to The Economist magazine, ISDS clauses that allow companies to sue states for profit-reducing decisions favor the short-term profit interests of big business at the expense of people's trust and welfare. ISDS clauses make it more difficult to e.g. abolish nuclear power, improve consumer protection and discourage smoking. However, they do not favor growth very much. The companies could have received equivalent protection against…