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…
Category: Speculation
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…
Strategy for the Social Democrats to win the 2026 election
A new strategy is needed for the Social Democrats. We need to create good jobs at all levels for everyone. We must stop the price of gasoline from reaching ever-escalating heights. We must offer everyone good social security and pensions. We have to regulate social security and pensions by price and wage indices. We must eliminate the lack of good, cheap and beautiful rental properties. The lack…
"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 good life
Most people benefit about the same amount. Everyone deserves the good life. Some work more adequately and last a lifetime. Others work intensively and burn themselves out. Some come up with ideas, write articles and start businesses. Some are working on the floor. Society needs us all. Each of us deserves an income…
The boom under the red-green government continues
After all, society is led by our most brilliant talents
More rental properties good for the economy
More rental units are good for everyone. Younger people and people with lower incomes can get housing of a reasonable standard at a reasonable cost. Anyone who lives in a tenement also has so-called tenure protection. You live safely in a rental property and don't have to pay a cash deposit. As the tenancy is not for sale on the open…
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…