Tag Archives: Politics & Society

Neoliberalism — a threat to democracy  [embedded content] Perhaps the most dangerous impact of neoliberalism is not the economic crises it has caused, but the political crisis. As the domain of the state is reduced, our ability to change the course of our lives through voting also contracts. Instead, neoliberal theory asserts, people can exercise choice through spending. But some have more to spend than others: in the great consumer or shareholder...

‘Alternative facts’ and voter fraud  [embedded content] Oh, horrible, oh, horrible, most horrible! What a tragedy — and what shame, all those Americans with more than two brain cells must feel today. I do suffer with them through this nightmare.

Yours truly föreläser om nyliberalism Smålands Nation Kastanjegatan 7, Lund 2 februari kl. 18.00-20.00

Donald Trump’s running war on reality  [embedded content]

The inequality gap — five sickening facts 1 Just eight men own the same wealth as the 3.6 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity. Although some of them have earned their fortune through talent or hard work, over half the world’s billionaires either inherited their wealth or accumulated it through industries prone to corruption and cronyism. 2 Seven out of 10 people live in a country that has seen a rise in inequality in the last 30 years. 3...

January 20, 2017 — a date that will live in infamy How do you grieve for a nation? I don’t know. But one thing I do know is that January 20 will be one of the saddest days I and all my American friends have ever experienced. That a country that has given us presidents like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, is going to be run by a witless clown like Donald Trump is an absolute disgrace....

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This was my finest hour In September 2003, Swedish citizens were asked if they wanted to join the eurozone. Of the more than 80 % of registered voters participating in the referendum close to 57 % said NO. Yours truly participated actively in the fight against the euro — and it’s still something I’m immensely proud of. New figures from Eurostat shows that the unemployment rate in many of the eurozone countries are still in double digits. This is of course...

Swedish-Eritrean journalist and writer Dawit Isaak has been held in Eritrean prison for 15 years without trial. He is the only Swedish citizen held as a prisoner of conscience. [embedded content]

Why Trump won the election Basically because these two economic theory monstrosities simply do not work!