Politicians the world over are ill-equipped to deal with the biggest threats facing society, hatred and extremism of all kinds including the climate. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as publisher and editor of […]
The world has a problem with Germany. In Germany, however, people are completely unwilling to admit it. Germany has become a prime example of collective cognitive dissonance. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as […]
Heiner Flassbeck and Patrick Kaczmarczyk write that amidst global political and economic fragility, the downturn in the Germany economy adds to the uncertainty in a world that, as Paul Krugman put it, has a “Germany […]
A proposal in Germany to re-introduce a wealth tax has had the conservatives foaming at the mouth. Even the IMF has criticised the country’s widening inequality gap. Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as […]
The Liberals are desperately looking for a purely market-based solution to the climate problem. But there is no such thing. Monetary policy could teach us why a CO2 cap and certificates can never work. Heiner […]
Capitalism is celebrated by the liberals as a success story. But this success can only be seen in the USA – and, even then, only for reasons that are incompatible with the liberals’ own ideology. […]
Capitalism is celebrated by the liberals as a success story. But, since the liberals came to power, capitalism has lost an enormous amount of its allure. There is no right policy when the thinking behind […]
Capitalism is celebrated by liberals as a success story. But it was precisely the rule of liberalism that drove the market economy into a major crisis. A reflection on 70 years of post-war economy. Heiner […]
Italy is Germany’s favourite enemy. Is it just envy, prejudice, or stupidity that prevents a sensible debate on Italy’s policies and the problems of its European integration? Heiner Flassbeck is an economist, as well as […]
Commitment to fighting climate change has brought the German Greens victory. But that doesn’t help Europe or the climate, because the party is dilettantish on economic policy and doesn’t decisively oppose German dominance in the […]
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