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....
Category: Internationalism
"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 root of good - the perfect red-green-pink summer romance
Pekka, a Finnish, 45-year-old, recently divorced copywriter, is depressed after the divorce. He misses his father who disappeared when Pekka was a few years old. Pekka manages many things in life more than well, but is somewhat careless with his teeth. He goes to the dentist and meets there a dentist who looks insanely similar to Pekka...
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…
Swedish record economy with challenges under the Social Democrats
The bourgeois mass media portray the Swedish economy as in crisis. Presumably they do this not just to maintain power. The citizens do not want the people to realize that good national economy and solidarity and tolerant ethics usually go hand in hand. If the people are sufficiently rich but it still pays to get an education, then the purchasing power increases...
Cooperation is our evolutionary advantage
Collaboration is a must. Humanity's competitive advantage over the other animal species is if we maximize our ability to cooperate with each other, the animals, the earth and the universe. The severely disabled person we care for today may give birth to the next generation's Einstein.
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…
This is how International Big Capital undermines National Democracy
European Round Table of Industrialists – the constructors behind the EU
The European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) has been at the forefront of encouraging EU integration for over 20 years. But many Euro-realists seem completely unaware of ERT's presence. It is not mentioned in the media. The purpose here is to raise awareness of this influence in our time.