Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: ECB rate hike: a data-based approach that ignores the data
The remarkable inflation policies of the European Central Bank (ECB) Read HERE
Heiner Flassbeck
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: “Inflation” will soon be over – when will the ECB react?
A simple series of figures made available recently by the Federal Statistical Office of Germany brings it to light: what has been called “inflation” in public in recent months will, according to all we know, […]
Climate Crisis
Heiner Flassbeck: National muddling through is not climate protection policy
To tackle a global structural problem like global warming, we need to achieve lasting changes in the behaviour of people and businesses in all major countries of the world. At the same time, we need […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck, Friederike Spiecker – “Inflation”, the ECB and logic
Nothing has a harder time in these days than logic. In a world where almost everyone believes that it is all about the “right” values, the correct speech and what is understood by morality, logic […]
Austerity
Heiner Flassbeck: Reform of the European fiscal rules? The German finance minister is blocking a reasonable reform
Germany is set on its iron fist economic discipline dogma that has caused so much damage to EU members. A look at the case of Greece. Read Here
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck: Overcoming the crisis of development policy with “development policy against crises”
The chancellor and his ministers want to win new friends in order to be prepared for the disputes that are on the Western agenda because of the “rivalry” with China and Russia. But those who […]
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck, Friederike Spiecker – The ECB’s interest rate hike is a grandiose mistake
The ECB’s decision on 2 February to raise interest rates again by 0.5 percentage points and to announce an equally large increase for March will go down in history as a grand misjudgement. Although it […]
Economics
Heiner Flassback – Bundesbank: Monetarism is alive – just a little bit
In its latest monthly report, the German Bundesbank, formally a regional branch of the ECB, devoted a long essay to the relationship between money supply development and inflation. The result is meagre. Read Here
Globalisation
Heiner Flassbeck, Friederike Spiecker: Globalisation à la carte?
It’s what people and politics in the industrialised countries want. But after the total globalisation once aspired to there’s a desire to be more selective. Read Here Photo: Benoit Prieur/Wikimedia Commons
Economics
Heiner Flassbeck – The supply shock that is a demand shock
At the end of September, Federal Finance Minister Christian Lindner gave a remarkable diagnosis of the state of the German economy in a name article in Der Spiegel. He wrote: “In the Corona crisis we […]