Financial capitalism in the United States today is reminiscent of the former feudalism or l'ancien régime in Europe at the end of the 1700th century. In the last years of feudal rule, the money within the elite went mostly to passive, interest-bearing and cike-productive incomes. Industrial capitalism out competed the aristocracy during the 1800th century by delivering goods, albeit brutally. There was also over time in industrial capitalism a…
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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....
Baby steps towards a free, equal and solidary society
It is important that we red-green dare to tell about all the good things our red-green government is doing with the little power it has today. It has increased the social insurance fund so that it is a little easier to live on. It has removed the automatic deadlock in health insurance. It has stopped the tax cuts and even raised some taxes….
Demonstrate against TTIP
On Saturday, September 17, we demonstrate against TTIP. For democracy and against corporate rule. See you there! ———————————– Gothenburg Date: September 17 Time: 12:00 Place: Järntorget Facebook event Gothenburg ———————————– Stockholm Date: September 17 Time: 14: 00 – 16:00 Location: Mariatorget Facebook event Stockholm ———————————– Malmö Date: September 17 Time: 12:00 Location: Järntorget Facebook event Malmö
The EU is trying to go around national parliaments to get TTIP through
TTIP is the so-called free trade agreement between the EU and the US which specifically wants foreign investors in private courts with special rules to be able to sue the agreement countries whose decisions may lead to reduced opportunities for increased profit for said foreign investors. This really threatens the possibility of strengthening welfare, environmental and consumer rights. There are an awful lot of…
The principle of publicity threatened
It will be significantly easier for politicians and authorities to classify documents in Sweden as confidential. Already now, the government has classified ministers' share trading so that the minister could not be scrutinized after a suspicion that everything did not go right. The principle of openness has been the basis for the people and journalists to be able to scrutinize the exercise of power by politicians and authorities. Now…