Poverty reduction, inequality, and repression in genocidal Communist China.

Posted on 16 April, 2021 by gubbdjavel

Spoiler: the hypocritical Communist regime wants us to believe that it has eradicated poverty. We all know that there are enormous gaps in income and wealth in China. Instead of acknowledging this, the communist regime banned Thomas Piketty’s book where the rising inequalities in China are analysed. Piketty was told that the book could only be published in China if the truth about China was censored. Piketty refused of course.

Most ordinary Chinese are not aware of this. The regime controls the access to Internet, monitors social media and clamps down on everyone who dares to discuss this or the genocide of the Uighurs or other matters. Those that get caught fear the risk of being tortured.

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The stagnating Construction industry slows down Swedish growth

Posted on 12 April, 2021 by gubbdjavel

Spoiler: The historically meagre productivity growth of the Swedish Construction industry is a serious problem. Low productivity growth for an industry does not have to be a problem if the industry is small relative to the rest of the economy. But it is problematic when a large industry’s share in the economy is increasing over time at the same time as its productivity growth is stagnating. The Swedish Construction industry’s contribution to overall Swedish productivity growth is almost as small as the public sector’s contribution.

Unless the Construction industry’s productivity growth increases, the other industries’ productivity growth will have to increase. The increases will have to be continuously higher as long as the Construction sector’s share of the economy keep increasing. The reasons behind the weak productivity growth are well-known. Weak competition, many and complex regulations, municipal monopoly of the planning process for buildings, and other factors leading to high entry costs making it difficult for new firms enter the markets.

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Byggindustrin bromsar tillväxten

Posted on 9 April, 2021 by gubbdjavel

I korthet: Den historiskt låga produktiviteten inomsvensk byggindustri är ett allvarligt problem. Att produktiviteten inom en bransch är låg behöver inte vara ett problem om branschen är liten i förhållande till den övriga ekonomin. Men om en stor bransch har låg produktivitet och samtidigt ökar sin andel av ekonomin, så uppstår problem. Den svensk byggindustrins bidrag till den totala produktivitetstillväxten är nästan lika låg som den offentliga sektorns.

Om inte produktiviteten inom byggindustrin kan fås att stiga, så ökar trycket på ökningar av produktiviteten inom de andra branscherna. Orsakerna till den låga produktiviteten beror till stor del på den svaga konkurrensen inom branschen. An English version will follow soon.

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China wants us to shut up.

Posted on 26 March, 2021 by gubbdjavel

Chinais fighting a war against the Truth. When the Chinese communist regime is criticised for committing genocide of Uighurs, it tells its critics and the researchers that exposed it, to shut up. When we criticise the Chinese communist regimes for clamping down on Hong Kong’s democracy activists, it tells us to shut up. When we criticise the Chinese communist regime for violating Taiwan’s airspace and waters, it tells to shut up. And so on.

The Chinese regime’s attacks against people who tell the truth is appalling and often absurd. But it is nothing new. The Chinese communist regime has waged a propaganda and disinformation war against us and its own citizens for many years. The Chinese communist regime lies more frequent than we change shirts.

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