Johannes Borgström
@joborgs.bsky.social
Associate prof at Uppsala University in Programming languages
Swedish econ through an MMT lens - MMT for Sweden
Born at 335 ppm, living in Stockholm 🇸🇪 previously 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇨🇭
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Swedish econ through an MMT lens - MMT for Sweden
Born at 335 ppm, living in Stockholm 🇸🇪 previously 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 🇨🇭
Private account, he/him, 🌹 🇺🇦 🟣
Just flipped the top quickly. It's a bit unclear what is being compared, so I'd shrink the bars a bit to make more space to scale up the "electric/fossil fuel car" icons and highlight the corresponding text.
September 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Just flipped the top quickly. It's a bit unclear what is being compared, so I'd shrink the bars a bit to make more space to scale up the "electric/fossil fuel car" icons and highlight the corresponding text.
Sorry, I only do metric.
September 20, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Sorry, I only do metric.
"if you abolish one or the other, either get rid of the trade union or get rid of the employer association, the outcome is necessarily lower social welfare". robertvienneau.blogspot.com/2025/05/stev...
September 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
"if you abolish one or the other, either get rid of the trade union or get rid of the employer association, the outcome is necessarily lower social welfare". robertvienneau.blogspot.com/2025/05/stev...
I think this is a UK-specific issue: Sweden also never gave healthy kids Covid vaccines but childhood vaccinations are still at high levels.
(These numbers are an underestimate because of missing registrations of vaccine doses given.)
(These numbers are an underestimate because of missing registrations of vaccine doses given.)
August 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I think this is a UK-specific issue: Sweden also never gave healthy kids Covid vaccines but childhood vaccinations are still at high levels.
(These numbers are an underestimate because of missing registrations of vaccine doses given.)
(These numbers are an underestimate because of missing registrations of vaccine doses given.)
And please design any buffers so that bikers can take a straight path through the crossing, without having to spend extra attention and look away from the car traffic in order to to do two zig-zack turns. Nobody would place that kind of obstacle in an intersection for cars (except for roundabouts).
July 29, 2025 at 12:21 PM
And please design any buffers so that bikers can take a straight path through the crossing, without having to spend extra attention and look away from the car traffic in order to to do two zig-zack turns. Nobody would place that kind of obstacle in an intersection for cars (except for roundabouts).
More like still mad about the aftermath of Charles XII's failed gamble: the Russian Pillage and the Finnish War.
July 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
More like still mad about the aftermath of Charles XII's failed gamble: the Russian Pillage and the Finnish War.
Stockholm has been using a drop-in replacement for an on-street parking slot for a while now; they often place it just before a street crossing to improve visibility.
Although these days they're often jammed with rental scooters...
Although these days they're often jammed with rental scooters...
June 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Stockholm has been using a drop-in replacement for an on-street parking slot for a while now; they often place it just before a street crossing to improve visibility.
Although these days they're often jammed with rental scooters...
Although these days they're often jammed with rental scooters...
Yup. Early on Tegnell said that all the Nordics would eventually end up with roughly the same covid mortality, which seems to hold up.
June 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Yup. Early on Tegnell said that all the Nordics would eventually end up with roughly the same covid mortality, which seems to hold up.
Sweden had an average death rate in care homes during the first year of the pandemic, compared to covid deaths in the general population.
I think the main reasoning behind the slow and deliberate introduction of NPIs was that FHM expected that they would be in place throughout the pandemic.
I think the main reasoning behind the slow and deliberate introduction of NPIs was that FHM expected that they would be in place throughout the pandemic.
June 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Sweden had an average death rate in care homes during the first year of the pandemic, compared to covid deaths in the general population.
I think the main reasoning behind the slow and deliberate introduction of NPIs was that FHM expected that they would be in place throughout the pandemic.
I think the main reasoning behind the slow and deliberate introduction of NPIs was that FHM expected that they would be in place throughout the pandemic.
Seriously, I just don't think that they have more than one set of combat uniforms. At least the US default pattern is a bit more all-round than the Swedish one - our greens pop!
June 4, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Seriously, I just don't think that they have more than one set of combat uniforms. At least the US default pattern is a bit more all-round than the Swedish one - our greens pop!
Cyklade dagligen runt en stor rondell i vänstertrafik; kan inte rekommenderas.
May 11, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Cyklade dagligen runt en stor rondell i vänstertrafik; kan inte rekommenderas.
Because there isn't enough of it - see chart.
(Also, since the foreigners that China sells stuff to aren't paid in RMB but the Chinese workers are, whoever brokers that currency trade would have the same problem of where to place the dollars/euros/...)
(Also, since the foreigners that China sells stuff to aren't paid in RMB but the Chinese workers are, whoever brokers that currency trade would have the same problem of where to place the dollars/euros/...)
April 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Because there isn't enough of it - see chart.
(Also, since the foreigners that China sells stuff to aren't paid in RMB but the Chinese workers are, whoever brokers that currency trade would have the same problem of where to place the dollars/euros/...)
(Also, since the foreigners that China sells stuff to aren't paid in RMB but the Chinese workers are, whoever brokers that currency trade would have the same problem of where to place the dollars/euros/...)
Granted, though for two of them it's a fairly recent development, or at least not a core tenet.
The iconography of the svp is uncompromising, and it filled the billboards in the immigrant-dense neighbourhoods where I also lived.
The iconography of the svp is uncompromising, and it filled the billboards in the immigrant-dense neighbourhoods where I also lived.
April 2, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Granted, though for two of them it's a fairly recent development, or at least not a core tenet.
The iconography of the svp is uncompromising, and it filled the billboards in the immigrant-dense neighbourhoods where I also lived.
The iconography of the svp is uncompromising, and it filled the billboards in the immigrant-dense neighbourhoods where I also lived.
It’s simpler than that: the government buying a larger and larger portion of a fixed amount of output will certainly be inflationary.
Friedman admitted that he was wrong on how to manage inflation.
Friedman admitted that he was wrong on how to manage inflation.
March 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
It’s simpler than that: the government buying a larger and larger portion of a fixed amount of output will certainly be inflationary.
Friedman admitted that he was wrong on how to manage inflation.
Friedman admitted that he was wrong on how to manage inflation.
Kan ingen köpa in Baumol 2012 till alla länsfullmäktige? Man borde inte få rösta på en offentlig budget utan att ha läst och förstått den.
(Klippet är från sciendo.com/article/10.2..., Baumol 2012 är ”The cost disease. Why computers get cheaper and health care doesn’t”, Yale University Press.)
(Klippet är från sciendo.com/article/10.2..., Baumol 2012 är ”The cost disease. Why computers get cheaper and health care doesn’t”, Yale University Press.)
March 25, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Kan ingen köpa in Baumol 2012 till alla länsfullmäktige? Man borde inte få rösta på en offentlig budget utan att ha läst och förstått den.
(Klippet är från sciendo.com/article/10.2..., Baumol 2012 är ”The cost disease. Why computers get cheaper and health care doesn’t”, Yale University Press.)
(Klippet är från sciendo.com/article/10.2..., Baumol 2012 är ”The cost disease. Why computers get cheaper and health care doesn’t”, Yale University Press.)
Let me back off a bit: I don't claim that QE was never stimulative or affecting prices, but only that increased excess bank reserves on their own do not lead to increased inflation.
Here in Europe (incl Sweden), Canada and Japan QE1 the impact was insignificant (empty boxes), for instance.
Here in Europe (incl Sweden), Canada and Japan QE1 the impact was insignificant (empty boxes), for instance.
March 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Let me back off a bit: I don't claim that QE was never stimulative or affecting prices, but only that increased excess bank reserves on their own do not lead to increased inflation.
Here in Europe (incl Sweden), Canada and Japan QE1 the impact was insignificant (empty boxes), for instance.
Here in Europe (incl Sweden), Canada and Japan QE1 the impact was insignificant (empty boxes), for instance.
Alla har vi varit där, eller i liknande läge ;)
Det var egentligen riktat helt och hållet mot de ekonomer som tyckte att effekten på ROT-användarnas arbetade timmar ens var värd att utvärdera (om de inte gjorde det i forskningssyfte, förstås).
Det var egentligen riktat helt och hållet mot de ekonomer som tyckte att effekten på ROT-användarnas arbetade timmar ens var värd att utvärdera (om de inte gjorde det i forskningssyfte, förstås).
March 24, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Alla har vi varit där, eller i liknande läge ;)
Det var egentligen riktat helt och hållet mot de ekonomer som tyckte att effekten på ROT-användarnas arbetade timmar ens var värd att utvärdera (om de inte gjorde det i forskningssyfte, förstås).
Det var egentligen riktat helt och hållet mot de ekonomer som tyckte att effekten på ROT-användarnas arbetade timmar ens var värd att utvärdera (om de inte gjorde det i forskningssyfte, förstås).
Niche meme: When your Bayesian statistical inference doesn't seem to do much at all.
March 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Niche meme: When your Bayesian statistical inference doesn't seem to do much at all.
This is the single entry on the list I found: polisen.se/aktuellt/hja...
March 23, 2025 at 9:08 AM
This is the single entry on the list I found: polisen.se/aktuellt/hja...
What "perfect" albums came out when you were 16?
March 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
What "perfect" albums came out when you were 16?
Spent several years in Switzerland, where they had a popular vote against citizenship for third(!) generation immigrants.
I think their UDC/SVP was the first European far right party to win a plurality, with their unsubtle ads.
I think their UDC/SVP was the first European far right party to win a plurality, with their unsubtle ads.
March 21, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Spent several years in Switzerland, where they had a popular vote against citizenship for third(!) generation immigrants.
I think their UDC/SVP was the first European far right party to win a plurality, with their unsubtle ads.
I think their UDC/SVP was the first European far right party to win a plurality, with their unsubtle ads.
And not the second highest employment anymore.
March 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
And not the second highest employment anymore.
Hoppar på 24-åringstråden!
Har inte svingat eld på länge, men det vore skoj att börja igen.
Har inte svingat eld på länge, men det vore skoj att börja igen.
February 23, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Hoppar på 24-åringstråden!
Har inte svingat eld på länge, men det vore skoj att börja igen.
Har inte svingat eld på länge, men det vore skoj att börja igen.