Hans Blix believes in a more peaceful world despite ongoing conflicts such as the Ukraine war. Blix is a well-known lawyer, formerly internationally responsible for disarmament and a former UN official. Blix argues that the threat of nuclear weapons deters large-scale war. But nuclear weapons are inherently too dangerous. The Second World War raised many people's opposition to war as a solution and has contributed to demands for…
Category: globalization
A third world war and international inequality
World leaders and experts warn of the risk of a third world war. They point out several similarities between today's game plan and the periods before previous world wars. The conflict in Ukraine has escalated. Documents have been leaked about Russia's alleged plans to enter Moldova and the Baltics and increase its power in Belarus. There are risks of a third…
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…
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…
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....
The right tries to blame post-Covid inflation on welfare and deficit policies
Our inflation post-Covid, the right tries to blame welfare and deficit policy. Just like in the 1970s. The Wall Street Journal says that the national economists will now have to reevaluate their view of the national economy after Covid. Just like after the financial crisis of 2008. But this is calm according to the right because the crisis today with higher inflation is reminiscent of the one in the 1970s and therefore know…
Stability and changes in the values of Swedes and the world's population
An interesting survey has come out about changes in the values of Swedes and the world population. In Sweden, family is important and mutual trust is great. Confidence in Sweden is high for all groups. But some immigrant groups are just trustworthy but are not perceived to be as extraordinarily trustworthy as the rest of the population.
"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,…
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...
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…