No euro helped Sweden's economy Sweden has historically chosen to stay outside the eurozone. This decision has given the country some financial flexibility and freedom of action in times of crisis. A clear example of this was the financial crisis. The affected world economy in 2008/2009. During this period, Sweden was in a position where we could pursue an expansive monetary policy to...
Category: Euro
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…
The euro would undermine Sweden's independence and welfare
With the Euro, Sweden is no longer fully a state. We can then no longer be able to create money to strengthen industrial production. Now there are forces that want to use crises such as the Corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine to get us into the euro cooperation EMU. This is advocated, among other things, by venture capitalist Christer Gardell in Dagens…
Probably necessary with government housing subsidy according to GP journalist
Society needs government housing subsidies to remedy the housing shortage. "But the rulers in Sweden realized 100 years ago, when the state started subsidizing housing construction, that access to a good home was a prerequisite for a good life. And not only in Sweden, but also in the market-liberal USA. The economic boom of the 50s and 60s…
"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,…
Important to vote in the EU elections
The EU governs a large part of our everyday lives: trade agreements, competition rules, fishing quotas and some environmental legislation. In terms of trade agreements, there are strong forces working for international trade agreements that give companies the right to sue states if the regulations risk reducing the companies' profits.
The EU is trying to create a court of directors
When the EU does not get TTIP through, the Union tries to create a director's court without transparency. The goal is to make it impossible to increase welfare, strengthen labor rights, strengthen environmental protection or restore privatisations. You can support Skift's campaign against this here.
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…
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.