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…
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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....
"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,…
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Naomi Klein proposes cooperation for indebted Euro nations
Naomi Klein puts forward the proposal that the indebted Euro countries could cooperate in negotiations with the lenders and the IMF in order to obtain significantly more sustainable and socio-economically constructive ways of solving the debt crisis. When South America's indebted countries got left-wing governments that began to cooperate against lenders and the IMF, this was one of the starting points for the South American economic boom.
Crises of stupidity – the recession in Sweden and the world in 2012
This will be an overall and connecting article. In any case, since 2006 we have mostly had a recession. I believe this in Sweden and many other countries is due to not investing in the public sector and creating jobs for everyone.
Robert Mundell designed the euro to crush the independence of Europe's states
Robert Mundell (1932-2021) was the designer behind the euro. The large and respected British newspaper The Guardian writes about the mastermind behind the euro. He thought it too difficult to fire European workers.