In visitation zones, the police must be able to stop and search people without having a specific suspicion of crime. The idea is that it will make the streets safer, but many are against it. Critics believe that it can lead to abuse and violations of people's rights. This is especially true if it is used against certain groups based on skin color…
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Why are Americans so dissatisfied and Trump-positive despite a good labor market
Why are Americans so unhappy? High costs create dissatisfaction in the US despite positive economic news during the Biden administration according to Robert Reich. Reich was the former Democratic Labor Secretary in the United States Expensive housing, food prices and child care Despite positive economic indications, including growth of 3.3 percent in the last quarter of 2023 and an unemployment rate of 3.7 percent,…
Small changes in more equal societies good for longer, good lives
Research points to five safe ways to influence health and extend life Living long and feeling well until the end is possible, according to research from Olle Melander, professor of internal medicine at Skåne University Hospital. The research, which also includes Melander himself as a "test animal", provides insights into how you can influence your biological aging and prevent age-related...
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…
S new social analysis a flop
S's new social analysis is for immigration but is it and everything else it is in a way that is most repressive. The class analysis and the workers' needs are absent. S is the big red-green society-supporting party. It must abandon the idea of "saving-in-the-barns". This austerity goal is only focused on subsidizing the wealth of the very few at the expense of…
Biden's fiscal policy strengthens the economy and reduces the gaps
In an age where news headlines often dominate with negative news, it is important to also highlight the positive events. Biden's expansive fiscal policy is yielding results. The latest report from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department shows a gratifying trend break in the US economy. It is a development that must not be overlooked. Increased prosperity for all Between…
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…
Tidö camp - authoritarian reception center for refugees
Ulf Bjereld, professor of political science, writes in the newspaper Konkret about Tidölaget's plans to place asylum seekers in special reception centers. Bjereld strongly criticizes this. He believes that this goes against a humane refugee policy and damages Sweden's reputation internationally. Camps like in authoritarian societies Bjereld believes that gathering asylum seekers in these reception centers, called "Temporary camps," is reminiscent of...
Neither demonizing nor releasing the right-wing extremists helps
Of course, it is important not to demonize any political movement, including far-right groups. But helping more extreme right-wing politics by inviting discontent parties on the extreme edge of the right, as The Economist advocates on 2023-09-14 in the editorial "The EU's liberals need better ways to deal with populists" solves nothing. Too often, the right-wing extremists are too…
Housing allowance and class gaps
Did we want to reduce economic differences in a simple way? Then we were able to ensure that a generous housing allowance was paid to most ordinary low- and middle-income earners. With a normal/high cost of living and a monthly salary of no more than 30 before tax as a single person, you would receive a full allowance. Are you married, cohabiting, have one or more...