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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Trickle-down economics has reached the end of the road
Comedian Jonathan Pie shows with pinpoint brilliance in the video below how Trickle-down economics with his mantra: "Help the rich! Punish the poor!” not working. Trickle-down economics does not build a strong economy nor a strong welfare. Put simply, it leads to a very difficult existence for those who have the least. Even many high achievers…
"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,…
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.
Free trade agreements for corporate control of societies may fall
American presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has said that she intends to put an end to the TPP free trade agreement that concerns the United States and the countries of the Pacific Ocean. Then the sister agreement TTIP between the US and the EU will probably also fall. Both free trade agreements are really just free trade agreements in name. What they are actually doing is a huge transfer of power from democratic, popularly elected power holders to today's corporate owners.
Sign against TTIP
TTIP, the trade agreement between the EU and the US, threatens our democracy, welfare and environmental rights.
Major victories for popular opposition to TTIP and TPP
The two free trade agreements, which in different parts of the world want common standards for the production of goods and services and the possibility for companies to sue states in private courts in case of threats of reduced profit prospects for foreign investors, have faced serious opposition in the EU and the US. In the EU, the European Parliament voted to postpone a decision on TTIP on…
TTIP threatens our democracy, environmental protection, labor rights and welfare
Stop TTIP The transatlantic trade agreement threatens the environment, democracy and welfare. The power of the people is subordinated to that of the companies. The agreement could become a Trojan horse. That can't be right, can it? No. The most dangerous element of this free trade agreement is the ISDS clause. It means that foreign companies that have invested in Sweden should be able to sue Sweden in private courts if we want to develop...
TTIP – the free trade agreement that threatens to ban left-wing and environmental politics
CRUCIAL FREE TRADE AGREEMENT IN BALI New times are coming. A decisive first step towards implementation came in Bali 6/12 2013 for TTIP (Transatlantic trade and investment partnership); a new, global free trade agreement. The Geneva meeting crashed. Bali was close to a collapse, but India saved it. The most significant ingredients of the agreement are that companies get the right…