Down by the Riverside

Gonna lay down my burdens...down by the riverside.
About how European societies in general (and Swedish society in particular?) view human beings.
About the process of transforming a human asset into a burden.
What you always wanted to know and never dared to ask.
Why social democracy has lost its credibility and sincerity.
Some of the topics to be covered by this blog include personal experiences:
- as an immigrant (e.g. dealing with prejudice, both negative and positive stigma)
- as an employee and manager of a medium-sized biotech company prior to going public (e.g. dangers of going public)
- as the owner of a small incorporated company (e.g. workload, insecurity, attitudes of customers, tax authorities etc.)
- as an employee in a major Swedish company (e.g. dealing with bureaucracy, harrassment, unions, layoffs etc.)
- as an unemployed person (e.g. dealing with AMS and unions)
- as a sick person (e.g. dealing with healthcare and public health insurance)