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,…
Category: The triple economy
Life is the meaning of life
Life itself is the meaning of life and not just my own life but all life and the preservation of this in as peaceful and pleasant a way as possible is the meaning of life. Of course, we will be happier in a more equal and libertarian and more empathetic world than today's. Working for a better society makes us…
No government deficits – society's unnecessary straitjacket
Vote for bigger government deficits! Deficits are part of how the state regulates the market and protects citizens and nature. Neoliberalism attacks this. How is money created? Can we afford to work? Sweden's Riksbank's prize in economic science in memory of Alfred Nobel in 2022 suggested that banks have an important role for the social economy even if this can…
How to save equality and the environment/nature all over the world
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....
Prevent M from taking 60 billion tax kroner that could have gone to jobs and welfare
The moderates' tax cuts are still unfunded. They erode the basis for welfare and necessary social investment. We social democrats want to see a stronger society - a safer Sweden. That is why we are now implementing the largest security program in modern times. The tax cuts of the Moderates and the Sweden Democrats stand against our welfare ambitions. Today, the Moderates presented their election manifesto, which offered no news. That Ulf…
Rödgröna delivers Swedish growth beyond expectations
Despite a troubled world with trade wars and political unrest and because of/despite many refugees, the Swedish economy is going beyond expectations even during the red-green government's last time in power. Maybe redistribution and reasonably high taxes work to boost the economy as many economists say?
M goes to the 2018 elections on classic right-wing politics
"And here is some of the content: Change labor law, start introducing market rents, toughen penalties, tighten migration policy, limit benefits and lower taxes. Take a deep breath - and feel the color return to your cheeks. " So writes the journalist Göran Eriksson in the article in SvD "Nu also M leaves the no-go zone of politics" about how M leaves the center of politics...
Together we are strong
The red-green parties want to increase redistribution. More money for school, care, welfare and environmental work. At the price of small tax increases. For those who earn over SEK 30/month... The alliance instead wants to lower taxes and privatize emergency hospitals. They want market rents and lower unemployment benefits. Not only that; they want lower starting wages for "simple…
There is a lot of free, cheap and other things to be grateful for in Sweden
Yes, the red-greens have not made major changes since the Alliance ruled. Mainly because not more people voted for the red-greens. But the changes the red-green made, such as increased unemployment insurance, dropped deadlock in health insurance, increased public investments especially in housing construction and welfare billions to the municipalities have meant that we have had a boom again and that more...
Anxiety and the unequal high performance society
In the last thirty years, inequality has not only increased in the West, the world and Sweden, but also anxiety. In addition, the performance requirements have increased and hence also the stress. How to deal with this? There is a lot of advice to be had that is valuable. Three physical training sessions of at least one hour each per week make the brain repair itself...