Högerbloggen Politikdelen claims that Sweden needs low-wage jobs without collective agreements in order to create jobs. The blog resonates too much from an individual perspective. In the short term, it may seem to an individual employer that he could hire more people if labor was cheaper. But if labor becomes cheaper in general, it does not have the same purchasing power. And then fewer can afford the products or services the entrepreneur wants to sell.
The unemployment is due to rampant automation and robotisation, crazy efficiency of the people and the fact that the public sector does not employ so many people anymore.
Share the work opportunities
To raise employment in a way that strengthens purchasing power, we need powerful reductions in working hours. National economist Keynes saved capitalism from the ideas of the right in the 1930s. The right-wing ideas could otherwise have led to the collapse of this social system. Already in the 30s, Keynes anticipated the future need for shorter working hours to maintain employment. He was not left but the center politically, but realized the social economy's need for a general, strong purchasing power.
In the future, in line with increasing automation and efficiency, our work effort will be about dealing with private consumption. Then a general strong purchasing power is needed.
We can afford good jobs at all levels
It is a poorly written idea that the unemployed should push for the most demanding jobs with minimal educational requirements. That wouldn't solve the problem. Instead, we can increase the employment rate at all levels through progressive taxes and government investment. Read "The Deficit Myth" by Stephanie Kelton about how we can finance welfare and employment.
We need to supplement college with shorter vocational courses, but it would be counterproductive to pressure those with academic or vocational degrees to take the easiest jobs. Rather, it would create an imbalance and exclude those who only have primary or secondary education. Or someone who enjoys heavy, simple jobs but is not academically gifted can first become an academic and then get a heavy, manual job. We should allow people to follow their natural skills and interests to the extent that they have acquired the skills to do so.
It is important to follow the economy and not make hidden tax increases, such as the increase in the payroll tax. At the same time, the Alliance secretly lowered the sickness benefit, which affected the financially vulnerable.
To improve the situation, we should invest in green technology and strengthen the public sector. Everyone should be given the opportunity to apply for a job within their area of expertise and not be pressured to take jobs that require lower qualifications and have tougher conditions. Looking for a job is a full-time job, and we should help people find the work that suits them best.
Create good jobs and don't overtrain
In this lies not to overeducate too many at university level. Instead, you get to create good jobs for those who are interns. Partly by strengthening the union and social insurance, but also through shorter vocational training for the manual jobs that require specialist skills. But everyone must have a good salary and good working conditions.
Unregulated competition leads to lower wages and worse working conditions. We must avoid such a development and strengthen labor law and welfare.
During the Alliance's reign from 2006-2014, we saw deterioration in many areas, including the labor market, defence, education and the housing situation. It is important to remember the consequences that political decisions can have.
The difference between right and left in politics is clear. A bourgeois vision with great economic inequality and cuts in the public sector is not desirable. Instead, we need a policy that promotes a fairer distribution of resources and strengthens the public sector.
The Alliance's jobs policy led to reduced resources for the public sector and did not necessarily create more jobs. Depressing immigrant wages also threatens the wages of native workers, and there is no particular correlation between high wages, generous welfare, and high inflation. Read more here.
The iron-clad wage law is not a model for a sustainable democracy. Instead, we need a policy that promotes justice and economic stability for all citizens.
Glad you noticed what I wrote. But it is becoming more and more accepted to recognize the need (and importance) of low-wage jobs. I can tell you about the leader in today's DI:
http://www.di.se/artiklar/2015/8/20/dags-att-acceptera-laglonejobben/
The level of education must increase, but not by pushing more people through a university education that they are unable to complete, thereby undermining the importance of a degree, but through relevant, shorter, vocational education.
Finally, politicians on both the right and the left are starting to accept this.
Your thesis does not explain why reduced purchasing power would lead to increased consumption and in turn to more jobs. Furthermore, there is no consensus regarding the acceptance of lower wages, not even within the right.