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: TTIP
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....
Post-election analysis: communication, freedom under responsibility and equality
According to Red Justice's post-election analysis, the broad left including the Social Democrats must improve on communication, freedom under responsibility and equality.
"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,…
Important to vote in the EU elections
The EU governs a large part of our everyday lives: trade agreements, competition rules, fishing quotas and some environmental legislation. In terms of trade agreements, there are strong forces working for international trade agreements that give companies the right to sue states if the regulations risk reducing the companies' profits.
Sweden is still fantastic
Much is going well in Sweden. Don't flirt with the brown-blue horror propaganda, but at the same time get to grips with how we can achieve full employment without stress and with restored welfare. We need to regulate robotisation so that humans do not become slaves to the machines. We need to improve opportunities for further education at all levels throughout life, because robotization will…
Red-green election strategy 2018
It would be good if the red-greens before the election could show what kind of society the right wants: Lowest possible social security, contributions and worker wages Easier to fire Unsafe work environment Market rents Fee-based school, health care and university Then I think people would vote for the red-greens. The red-greens should go to the polls on: Raised wages in the wage-lagging...
JEFTA — an undemocratic trade agreement
JEFTA is a new trade agreement between the EU and Japan. Like TTIP, private arbitration courts are included where companies can sue states for policy decisions that could threaten their profits. If a company is unhappy with a policy decision, they can simply go to court. Without there being any public transparency.
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…
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…