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'The government shouldn’t control share prices'

OPINION – A price drop on the stock exchange or real estate market is not harmful to the economy, professors of economics John Hassler and Per Krusell writes.

 

What does it mean to be a 'liberal'?

OPINION – The term “liberal” has taken several steps to the right in Sweden. In the United States it has simultaneously moved to the left. Olle Wästberg, Director General of the Swedish Institute, asks why.

 

Saab employee reps tell GM to show 'respect'

LETTERS TO GM "Show us that you represent moral and integrity!!", furious employees representatives at Saab Automobile wrote in a letter till GM executive officer Edward E Whitacre.

 

How to become a billionair - the Buffett way

By following Warren Buffett's easy-to-use method anyone could become a billionaire, writes Per H Börjesson, President of investment company Spiltan and bestselling author.

 

The monarchy gives Sweden political innocence

"The king gained national status and legitimacy when he lost his formal political power", writes Cecilia Åse, PhD in political science.

 

Swedish PR industry is a sacred cow

"The once-strong public relations industry is losing ground to an even stronger advertising industry", writes author and communication consultants Stefan Engeseth.

 

'We will not pay the bill for the crisis'

"It is not acceptable to have a situation where industrial workers once again have to pay the bill for the crisis", writes Stefan Löfven, President of the Swedish industrial workers' union IF Metall, ahead of the negotiations on new national collective agreements.

 

Why Swedes find individualists annoying


“We need, especially those of us who are Swedish, to be reminded that life actually can be fun and that the unexpected isn’t something to be legislated away”, writes Johan Hakelius, journalist and author.

 

“Financial institutions are socialist bastions”


OPINION “Banks and financial institutions do not manage to live in a capitalist system”, writes Tommy Jacobson, Swedish investment company executive.

 

'No one will drag Swedish companies to China'

"China is expected to continue growing at a fast pace, the question is now whether Swedish companies are allocating enough resources for taking part in this journey", writes Mats Bergman, Trade Commissioner at the Swedish Trade Council in Beijing.

 

How ‘awful’ Swedish socialism can boost business


OPINION A look at Swedish socialism will help business leaders to ask fundamental questions about leadership and values, writes Alan Webber, founder of Fast Company and author of Rules of Thumb.

 

“Swedes to become much richer with the euro”

OPINION “If the Swedes had said ‘yes’ to the euro in 2003, they would have been much richer than they are now”, Dutch macro-economist and author Edin Mujagic writes.

 

“The story derive from age-old anti-Semitism”

OPEN LETTER “We can not accept this type of irresponsible hate speech cloaked as journalism”, Moshe Kantor, President of the European Jewish Congress, writes in a comment to a controversial  Swedish newspaper report.

 

“Allow schools and care facilities to make profit”


OPINION To forbid schools and care facilities from making profit would wreck numerous operations, hurting the entrepreneurs as well as the pupils and patients who have chosen them, writes Urban Bäckström, head of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

 

“How music festivals will manage the hard times”


OPINION “If a sponsor shall be able to reach through to the audience it’s crucial that they share the audience’s passion and help out in boosting the experiences”, communication firm Momentum writes.

 

“Swedish leadership a doubtful export hit”

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OPINION Governmental agencies are promoting ‘Swedish leadership’ as the country's latest export sensation, although its unlikely to succeed, Finnish professor Alf Rehn writes.

 

“Let the troubled banks fall”

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OPINION “If governments retain part ownership of banks it won’t take long until we see how political interests begin to influence the distribution of credit”, pro-globalist author Johan Norberg writes.

 

“Ownership transaction hampered by the crisis”

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OPINION “We refuse to accept a situation that could mean that thousands of viable companies are forced to shut down”, the Association for small business writes.

 

“We will combat male dominated boardrooms”

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"Corporations with female management have proven to be more profitable", writes Gudrun Schyman, leader of Feminist Initiative and candidate for the European Parliament.

 

“Russian gas a security threat to Europe”

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OPINION EU must increase investment in nuclear power as dependence of Russian gas poses a deepening security threat to Europe, writes Mae Liz Orrego Rodriguez, liberal candidate for the European Parliament.

 

“EU needs open Europe-wide healthcare choice”

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OPINION "Swedish highly specialised healthcare could become a new and successful export sector", writes Ella Bohlin, the Christian Democrats' top candidate in the EU elections.

 
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 OPINION


Olle Wästberg
Director General of the Swedish Institute
What does it mean to be a 'liberal'?


Per H Börjesson

President of Investment AB Spiltan
"How to become a billionair - the Buffett way"


Cecilia Åse,
PhD in political science at Stockholm University
"The monarchy gives Sweden political innocence"


Stefan Engeseth
CEO of Detective Marketing, author and speaker
"Swedish PR industry is a sacred cow"


Stefan Löfven

President, trade union IF Metall
"We will not pay the bill for the crisis" 


Johan Hakelius
Journalist and author
Why Swedes find individualists annoying


Tommy Jacobson
CEO of investment company Varenne Investment AB
“Financial institutions are socialist bastions”


Mats Bergman

Trade Commissioner, Swedish Trade Council in Beijing
'No one will drag Swedish companies to China'


Alan M Webber
Founder of Fast Company, author of Rules of Thumb
How ‘awful’ Swedish socialism can boost business


Edin Mujagic
Macro-economist and author
“Swedes to become much richer with the euro”


Dr. Moshe Kantor
President, European Jewish Congress
“The story derive from age-old anti-Semitism”


Urban Bäckström
Director General, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
“Allow schools and care facilities to make profit”


Emil Didrikson and Therése Elofson
Momentum Stockholm
“How music festivals will manage the hard times”


Alf Rehn
Chair of Management, Åbo Akademi University
“Swedish leadership a doubtful export hit”

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Johan Norberg
Pro-globalist and author
“Let the troubled banks fall”

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Camilla Littorin and Per Lidström
Association for small business
“Ownership transaction hampered by the crisis”

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Gudrun Schyman
Feminist Initiative's candidate for the EU Parliament
“We will combat male dominated boardrooms”

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Mae Liz Orrego Rodriguez,
Liberal party's candidate for the European Parliament
“Russian gas a security threat to Europe”

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Ella Bohlin,
Christian Democrats’ candidate for the EU Parliament
“EU needs open Europe-wide healthcare choice”

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Agneta Lindblom Hulthén,
President of the Swedish Union of Journalists
“Release Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak”

 

 

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