Tag: Guest comment
The federal government must stop financing state health tasks with cash funds
Jens Baas Jens Baas is the CEO of Techniker Krankenkasse. (Photo: Imago, Techniker Krankenkasse) Whether it’s a struggling maternity ward, rescue packages for caregivers or a lack of fever syrup:…
We must save vocational training
Peter Klotzki and Astrid Mannes Dual training is currently undergoing a massive collapse. We lose something that the whole world envies us for, and we stand idly by. What happened?…
The EU Commission wants to plunder emissions trading
Markus Krebber and Felix Matthes Felix Matthes (right) is a German environmental economist. Together with RWE board member Markus Krebber, they assess European emissions trading. (Photo: Caro/Oberhaeuser) There are not…
Working from home makes you more productive and can still damage your career
home office Employees who worked more remotely were less likely to be promoted. (Photo: dpa) If more people work from their home office, then that reduces the number of infections.…
We must now spend money on the climate-neutral economy
Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine has shown more clearly than ever that Europe has become too dependent on other regions – both economically and militarily. For too long…
“Save the cities, not the department stores”
The truth hurts. But it can be seen every day in so many places, especially after the corona lockdowns: the inner cities are becoming deserted, vacancies are increasing, people only…
More confidence in the market and competition
It is time for a “new, modern regulatory policy”, one should reform the state and its institutions and give them more space in our economic system in order to strengthen…