Tag: Bert Ruerup
Germany is stuck in stagflation
Mechanical engineer in Chemnitz In spring 2024, real gross domestic product will hardly be higher than before the outbreak of the pandemic in early 2020. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf Germany should…
Civey co-founder Janina Mütze analyzes the emotional state of Germans
Dusseldorf Only one in four Germans says they are confident about the future. That says Janina Mütze, founder and managing director of the opinion and market research institute Civey. A…
“The most productive form of learning is when you are slightly overwhelmed”
Dusseldorf This week, Handelsblatt Disrupt reports from the “Winter Camp” in Düsseldorf. For one day, the Handelsblatt Media Group’s innovation congress focused on the future of the economy, current challenges,…
What Karl Lauterbach’s plans can actually do against the drug shortage
Berlin For Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, the reason for the current bottlenecks in medicines is obvious. “We overdid it with economization,” he said on Tuesday. The SPD politician means the…
War and crisis will also shape 2023
Putin (left) and Xi Russia’s war against Ukraine has shaped this year, in 2023 the situation between China and Taiwan could become more tense. (Photo: via REUTERS) Vladimir Putin’s attack…
Olaf Scholz reprimands the trend towards early retirement
Olaf Scholz (right), Hubertus Heil The chancellor and social affairs minister are faced with the challenge of keeping older workers in work longer – despite measures such as retirement at…
Olaf Scholz reprimands the trend towards early retirement
Olaf Scholz (right), Hubertus Heil The chancellor and social affairs minister are faced with the challenge of keeping older workers in work longer – despite measures such as retirement at…
Olaf Scholz reprimands the trend towards early retirement
Olaf Scholz (right), Hubertus Heil The chancellor and social affairs minister are faced with the challenge of keeping older workers in work longer – despite measures such as retirement at…
The law conceals these injustices
Dusseldorf Income tax is considered a fair tax because everyone is taxed according to their individual ability to pay. All types of income should be treated equally and taxed progressively,…
Free trade with Europe runs under the motto “America first”
As early as 2004, the then President of the German Bundestag, Wolfgang Thierse (SPD), quite rightly remarked that companies are “journeys without a homeland”. Large companies with several production sites…
Working with disabilities: The economy is looking for staff
Man in a wheelchair in an office On average, people with disabilities are unemployed more often and for longer periods. (Photo: IMAGO/Westend61) Dusseldorf There is a desperate need for staff…
This pension reform really makes sense
The faster the German population ages, the more difficult it will be for any incumbent government to implement measures to the detriment of the older and in favor of the…
Germany needs to focus on old strengths
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, investment-seeking capital from Germany and Europe has increasingly flowed into the USA, which is considered a safe haven. This and the US Federal Reserve’s…
Olaf Scholz on a state visit to China
Good morning dear readers, what would happen if, starting tomorrow, only journalists sat in German authorities? Three forecasts, fed from 25 years of professional experience: In official documents, numbers only…
Trump vs. Biden: preliminary decision in the USA
If Joe Biden’s party fails to defend the Democratic majority in both houses, it would be a painful defeat for the president. Such failures are, of course, the rule rather…
FDP flop: Hanover causes traffic light disruption
it was one of those election Sundays, at the end of which you think for a long time: What does that mean, especially in these times of multiple crises? It…
Europe is angry with Germany
Russian aggression is still the best stimulus for unity on the continent. So now representatives from 44 countries met at the European summit in Prague. Today, Friday, the EU will…
Handelsblatt Research Institute gives economic forecast
The silhouette of a construction worker According to HRI forecasts, the economy will contract for three consecutive quarters. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The German economy is at the beginning of a…
Handelsblatt Research Institute gives economic forecast
The silhouette of a construction worker According to HRI forecasts, the economy will contract for three consecutive quarters. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The German economy is at the beginning of a…
What to do against dependency & crises
Dusseldorf People had gotten used to it: for a decade the German economy was considered the economic powerhouse of Europe. The “sick man of Europe”, as the “Economist” called Germany…