Tag: Economics
Seven answers to pressing questions
Frankfurt Are you repeating the 1970s, when high oil prices fueled inflation while the economy paralyzed and jobs were threatened? “Stagflation” was the buzzword back then, and many consumers and…
ECB director distances herself from giving the all-clear
Fuel prices are rising At the gas station, inflation can be seen at a glance. (Photo: dpa) Not a day goes by without the risk of inflation increasing. On Tuesday…
Are economy and happiness mutually exclusive?
Martin Schmalz Martin Schmalz is Professor of Public Finance at Oxford University. He blogs at viewfromoxford.com. Dusseldorf We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis. Economists –…
Council of Economic Experts could be reformed
Berlin More than a dozen times, Angela Merkel has already received the annual report of the “Advisory Council (SVR) on the assessment of macroeconomic development”. Nevertheless, the Chancellor was initially…
Council of Economic Experts could be reformed
Berlin More than a dozen times, Angela Merkel has already received the annual report of the “Advisory Council (SVR) on the assessment of macroeconomic development”. Nevertheless, the Chancellor was initially…
Council of Economic Experts could be reformed
Berlin More than a dozen times, Angela Merkel has already received the annual report of the “Advisory Council (SVR) on the assessment of macroeconomic development”. Nevertheless, the Chancellor was initially…
Labor market research: When natural experiments shake beliefs: Nobel Prize in Economics for three economists
Stockholm, Berlin, Frankfurt Three US economists who have made decisive progress in research with so-called “natural experiments” will receive this year’s Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics, donated by the…
Nobel Prize in Economics for three economists for new insights into the labor market
Nobel Prize in Economics 2021 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honors the three researchers David Card, Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens. Stockholm This year’s Nobel Prize in…
Nobel economy prize goes to three economists – justification now in the live stream
Nobel Prize in Economics 2021 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honors the three Americans David Card, Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens. Stockholm This year’s Nobel Prize in…
A reaction to the German bloodletting is needed
Gabriel Felbermayr The President of the Institute for the World Economy leaves the research facility in Kiel. (Photo: dpa) Everything used to be easier – even among economists. When asked…
Institute for the World Economy: Felbermayr successor internally filled
Berlin The departure of their president came as a shock to many employees. In April Gabriel Felbermayr announced that he would be leaving the Institute for the World Economy (IfW)…
Munich and Bonn at the top
View of the LMU Building of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. (Photo: Imago / Westend61) Frankfurt In the Handelsblatt ranking 2021 of the scientifically most productive economics faculties in…
What pigs and a Soviet teach us
pig A well-known business theorem goes back to the trade in animals. (Photo: Imago Images) What is the correct reaction to the slowed up recovery in Germany? All major economic…
Economic historian Adam Tooze: Fighting crises at any price
Dusseldorf Adam Tooze is one of the best experts in international economic and financial policy. His book “Crashed” on the European debt crisis has become a standard work. The historian,…
According to DIW, the German economy is growing weaker than expected.
Delivery bottlenecks harm the economy German industry is suffering from global delivery bottlenecks. Rising numbers of infections are damaging the recovery in the service sector. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The German…
Why the federal government has little influence on inflation
Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and Economics Minister Peter Altmaier The government has a few levers in terms of price developments. (Photo: imago images / photothek) Berlin Prices are rising, as…