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,…
Category: Greece
Civilian protests out of necessity and works
Right now the US is negotiating to get Canada, the Pacific countries and the EU to join a new type of free trade agreement which is really a type of capitulation of democracy to today's big corporations. They are called i.a. TPP, TTIP and CETA. CETA between Canada and the EU is the closest to being successfully realized and would indirectly join us...
Grexit: Northern Europe needs a purchasing power Southern Europe
Southern Europe has a lighter industry than Northern Europe. At the same time, they have been an important importer of Northern European products. As such, they have sustained employment and profits in Northern Europe. However, light industry is not as valuable as our heavy industry. This has meant that we in Northern Europe have had to give them consumer loans in order to continue to…
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…
Today's capitalists worse than Henry Ford
I think it was Henry Ford who for a while bussed gangsters on union activists among his factory employees. But in the end he realized that in order to sell enough cars, the employees had to be paid enough to buy his cars. For 30 years, however, real wages have fallen in the United States. The German wages…
Keynesianism necessary to prevent disaster
A reintroduction of government Keynesianism with a focus on full employment is necessary to prevent a combined depression and deflation.
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.
Right, left or the super system? Latin America chooses welfare.
Where does growth begin? The entire economic process contains an interaction between people in the various organs of society. A dynamic. One exists for the other. What creates everything we see in food, products, buildings or capital, and what creates the conditions and environment for development. A societal battle is underway. Our democracy is no longer a matter of course.
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.
The euro crushes nations. Built on financial inaccuracies.
Crisis makers Anders Borg and Fredrik Reinfeldt spread their myths about one thing and another. Borg says of Greece: "They live beyond their means." Time is about the future of democracy. Greece joined the EC in 1981. Even then there was a crisis. The EC/EU has been throwing wood into the Greek fire since the 80s. Borg doesn't say that. OECD…