Tag: Market economy
The federal government wants to promote social entrepreneurs
Companies oriented towards the common good These types of companies aim to solve social challenges. (Photo: DigitalVision/Getty Images) Berlin Solar-powered electric modules for African villages, help for the unbureaucratic employment…
Critique of Capitalism – The Limits to Growth
Capitalism doesn’t make it particularly difficult for its critics: the market liberalizations of the 1980s resulted in tax-financed state liability for banks that had gambled away. The ideology of open…
Head of the CDU economic council criticizes Scholz and Habeck
Astrid Hamker The President of the Economic Council of the CDU calls for taxes to be reduced on middle incomes but not increased on high incomes. (Photo: Marko Priske for…
A Big Buzz – How Far Should Germany Go on Cannabis Legalization?
Dusseldorf The legalization of cannabis is not only controversial in Germany: only a few countries have so far been able to bring themselves to approve the drug, at least for…
Politicians must expect more from the economy
Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens), Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) and Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) at the opening of the LNG terminal in Wilhelmshaven (Photo: Bloomberg) Anyone in Germany…
The results of the coalition committee are a disenchantment for the Greens
Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock The Green base is likely to be disappointed by the results of the coalition committee. (Photo: dpa) The result of the coalition committee should cause…
The results of the coalition committee are a disenchantment for the Greens
Robert Habeck and Annalena Baerbock The Green base is likely to be disappointed by the results of the coalition committee. (Photo: dpa) The result of the coalition committee should cause…
Germany more crisis-proof than other economic nations
Chancellor Olaf Scholz According to a study, there is a “pronounced climate of trust” in the state, economy and society in Germany. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf, Berlin In the competition between…
Trust is a question of equity
Financial crisis is a big word – and one should be careful not to label the shocks that the markets are currently experiencing as such. Hardly any crisis had more…
Trust is a question of equity
Financial crisis is a big word – and one should be careful not to label the shocks that the markets are currently experiencing as such. Hardly any crisis had more…
How is globalization going?
The narrative underlying the current global economic system is taking a transformative turn. Since the end of the Second World War, the so-called liberal international order has been based on…
The SPD is going astray in terms of tax policy
Saskia Esken and Kevin Kuehnert The SPD chairwoman and her general secretary are calling for more taxes for higher incomes. (Photo: imago images/Future Image) Berlin As if in a continuous…
Eco-capitalism is the solution to saving the climate
“Many of the achievements of capitalism are so beneficial that no one would want to be without them. Material wealth has immaterial consequences. Not only has life expectancy doubled, but…
Home ownership helps against high rents
Living room The index rent offers protection against renovation-related rent increases, as these are excluded in such contracts. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) “Index rents are so insanely unfair. The rent in…
The FDP is struggling with Habeck for a paradigm shift in competition policy
Berlin The trigger is called Christian Lindner (FDP). In early summer 2022, with the start of the tank discount, the finance minister asked for the competition guardians of the Federal…
Habeck’s consultants recommend a change of strategy for industrial transformation
Berlin Robert Habeck’s (Greens) officials have been working on a formula for months. It is designed to determine how steelmakers, chemical plants and other basic industries are reimbursed by the…
Robert Habeck’s consultants recommend a change of strategy in industrial transformation
Berlin Robert Habeck’s (Greens) officials have been working on a formula for months. It is designed to determine how steelmakers, chemical plants and other basic industries are reimbursed by the…
It is high time that Germany shook off the crisis mode
The author Christian Böllhoff is managing partner of the Basel research institute Prognos. (Photo: Imago, Prognos AG) In 1993 the film “Groundhog Day” was released in cinemas. In it, the…
There are no real prices in the energy industry
Handelsblatt Energy Summit 2023 The industry agreed: less intervention in the energy market. (Photo: Marc-Steffen Unger for Handelsblatt) Berlin The free market in energy has always been an illusion. So…
The state does not have a revenue problem, but a distribution problem
Lars Klingbeil The SPD boss wants to ask the rich to pay more. (Photo: dpa) The SPD wants to develop a new tax concept. Party leader Lars Klingbeil has already…