Global equality and the environment - how do we save these? Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is a macroeconomic theory that proposes that governments with their own currency have the ability to spend unlimited amounts of money on desirable sectors of the economy. Sustainably productive investments increase budget space According to MMT, government spending is limited by inflation and not by public debt....
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"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,…
Sweden is still fantastic
Much is going well in Sweden. Don't flirt with the brown-blue horror propaganda, but at the same time get to grips with how we can achieve full employment without stress and with restored welfare. We need to regulate robotisation so that humans do not become slaves to the machines. We need to improve opportunities for further education at all levels throughout life, because robotization will…
Red-green election strategy 2018
It would be good if the red-greens before the election could show what kind of society the right wants: Lowest possible social security, contributions and worker wages Easier to fire Unsafe work environment Market rents Fee-based school, health care and university Then I think people would vote for the red-greens. The red-greens should go to the polls on: Raised wages in the wage-lagging...
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…
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to us all
My clap to all of you is my call and wish that we all be more generous to each other. If the socio-political and economic conditions become more equal not only in Sweden but all over the world, the economy grows and becomes more stable. Poor people cannot consume and consumption and the number of jobs are intimately dependent on each other.
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…
Get rid of CETA at the last minute
CETA is a trade agreement between Canada and the EU. Just like the TTIP trade agreement, it contains several undemocratic mechanisms. Investor protection is included and companies can sue states in private arbitration courts.
The undemocratic TTIP and the secrecy
Europaportalen reports that members of parliament may only read the TTIP agreement in special rooms in Brussels. Otherwise, there is a "risk" that the Swedish publicity principle would come into effect.
Civilian protests out of necessity and works
Right now the US is negotiating to get Canada, the Pacific countries and the EU to join a new type of free trade agreement which is really a type of capitulation of democracy to today's big corporations. They are called i.a. TPP, TTIP and CETA. CETA between Canada and the EU is the closest to being successfully realized and would indirectly join us...