Johan Ekman
@johanekman.bsky.social
PhD Candidate (Political economy, sociology)
Candidate in local and regional elections. Turku-Åbo
Candidate in local and regional elections. Turku-Åbo
Is China really challenging U.S. world leadership? Short answer: not yet. Finance, military, culture — the U.S. is still far ahead.
September 2, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Is China really challenging U.S. world leadership? Short answer: not yet. Finance, military, culture — the U.S. is still far ahead.
Varför innebär ett liv enbart präglat av konsumption och arbete en dystopi? Mio Lindman och Be Nordling i @ny-tid.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Varför innebär ett liv enbart präglat av konsumption och arbete en dystopi? Mio Lindman och Be Nordling i @ny-tid.bsky.social
Reposted by Johan Ekman
If you want further proof that American journalism is dead, the Hollywood Reporter showed more moral clarity in their coverage of Elon Musk’s Nazi salute than the Washington Post, NY Times, LA Times, WSJ, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS or NBC. Cowards all.
bit.ly/4gdjnQe
bit.ly/4gdjnQe
January 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
If you want further proof that American journalism is dead, the Hollywood Reporter showed more moral clarity in their coverage of Elon Musk’s Nazi salute than the Washington Post, NY Times, LA Times, WSJ, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS or NBC. Cowards all.
bit.ly/4gdjnQe
bit.ly/4gdjnQe
When will Labour ever learn?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Economists and policy experts warn Reeves against City deregulation
Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz among 50 signatories of statement that points to risks to Labour’s wider aims
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:02 PM
When will Labour ever learn?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
R.I.P. Walter Korpi. A great scientist with significant influence on welfare state research in the Nordics and the world. Rightly in my view, he thought that it is the choice to abandon full employment as a goal that feeds the rise of the far right.
www.sydostran.se/2024-11-22/v...
www.sydostran.se/2024-11-22/v...
LEDARE: Vi måste våga mer demokrati
Jag sitter på ett stillastående tåg när jag läser nyheten om att sociologen Walter Korpi gått ur tiden.
www.sydostran.se
November 24, 2024 at 7:10 PM
R.I.P. Walter Korpi. A great scientist with significant influence on welfare state research in the Nordics and the world. Rightly in my view, he thought that it is the choice to abandon full employment as a goal that feeds the rise of the far right.
www.sydostran.se/2024-11-22/v...
www.sydostran.se/2024-11-22/v...
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Made a starter pack for European Politics. Started with 27 profiles (wink wink) on a bit of everything, but feel free to (self-)recommend people to add.
go.bsky.app/8UntgMG
go.bsky.app/8UntgMG
November 10, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Made a starter pack for European Politics. Started with 27 profiles (wink wink) on a bit of everything, but feel free to (self-)recommend people to add.
go.bsky.app/8UntgMG
go.bsky.app/8UntgMG
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A dirty secret about Nordic social democracy, is that while it redistributed income, it never really touched the wealth distribution
No doubt about who is winning in the current Danish Economy.
This is the growth in wealth for the 100 richest Danes the last 11 years.
This is the growth in wealth for the 100 richest Danes the last 11 years.
November 20, 2024 at 7:38 AM
A dirty secret about Nordic social democracy, is that while it redistributed income, it never really touched the wealth distribution