The Swedish (heavy) industry has been burned by power deregulation and recoils from anything that sounds like privatization. The new pm has argued against Cevian assaulting Volvo etc. Industrial capitalism is making a comeback against financial capitalism.

Schools and hospital privatization is not anything to worry about as it will still be tax-payed. If the private schools (which anyone can be admitted to free of charge) do better that the public schools it's a good thing and if they don't they'll close. It's a win-win situation.

On a tangent, the pm has his kids in public school in spite of a majority of schools in his hometown being private.

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The congestion tax is a neoliberal idea, which is why Federley and the neolibs support it. The argument is that roads are a good like any other and the price of using it should be decided by supply and demand. That is, if there is a large demand on roads and a small supply (=congestion) there should be a cost so the poor stays away from driving so the rich can have a nicer driving experience.

What if we did like this in the hospital emergency room or in public transport?

- Sorry we just have had a large car accident so we can't take care of your gunshot wound right now. But you can cut the line if you pay €1000.

or

- Because of the congestion in the subway we have decided to increase fare prices to €10 so supply meets demand without inefficient congestion. Have a nice day.

Those are absurd solutions. If there is a congestion for a vital good the solution is not to increase prices but increase capacity. That is build a new hospital, or in the matter of congestion, build new highways, railroads and metros.

Arguing that prices should be allowed to increase to spur new investment (in hospitals or roads etc) is irrelevant as those things are not operating on a free market so it won't work, and more importantly, I do not want to live in a society where the price of those things are decided by the market. Call me a commie bastard if you like. ;)

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.