Tag: Market economy
The state as a fire brigade puts out the wrong fires
corporate bankruptcy The pandemic has not only fundamentally changed the present, it will also have a significant impact in the future. (Photo: dpa) In the event of a major fire,…
Comment: Ex-Wirtschaftsweiser in the Ministry of Finance: Lindner gets Lars Feld
Ready for new tasks The former chairman of the Economic Wise Men, Lars Feld, goes to Christian Lindner in the Federal Ministry of Finance. (Photo: imago images/Jens Schicke) Sometimes it…
Comment: Ex-Wirtschaftsweiser in the Ministry of Finance: Lindner gets Lars Feld
Ready for new tasks The former chairman of the Economic Wise Men, Lars Feld, goes to Christian Lindner in the Federal Ministry of Finance. (Photo: imago images/Jens Schicke) Sometimes it…
Stay the course despite green inflation
The fear of inflation is back. The economic recovery after Corona and the Ukraine crisis have made natural gas in particular much more expensive. In Germany and Europe, there are…
ensure prosperity for all
Is the social market economy still relevant? If you believe representative surveys, the answer is yes. In recent years, the attitude of the population towards our economic order has developed…
Bert Rürup: China’s growth is weakening
For decades, German companies have participated in China’s economic rise. Initially, inexpensive primary products made in China enabled German industry to keep a large proportion of its added value in…
Investors are rewarded with fear
Traders on Wall Street Fear is currently dominating the markets. (Photo: AP) Are we still living in a market economy, or is it already a planned economy? The central banks…
Habeck and Lindner wrestle with details
However, the annual economic report is a work of the entire federal government. The Ministry of Finance in particular traditionally has a say. There was a lot to talk about…
There is a risk of green inflation
A functioning system of flexible prices is at the heart of a market economy. Adam Smith, the founder of economics, already knew this in the 18th century. As if controlled…
The vision of Governance 4.0
This year the Covid-19 pandemic and the myriad crises it has spawned could finally subside. But even then, major challenges are in sight – from the failure of climate protection…
Gerhart Baum: There is no freedom without responsibility
The FDP is on the way to sharpen its profile. She is in the process of correcting positions and reviving forgotten topics. Social, ecological and liberal, that’s a good mix.…
Germany will probably miss climate targets for 2022 and 2023
Robert Habeck “We will probably still miss our targets for 2022, even for 2023 it will be difficult enough.” (Photo: AP) Berlin Robert Habeck, Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and…
“The state needs a new self-image”
Berlin The economy Monika Schnitzer calls for the new federal government to modernize the state. “This applies above all to the digitization of administration,” said the prominent economist to the…
Rationality falls by the wayside
Corona protest in Nuremberg Demonstration in Nuremberg against the corona measures. (Photo: imago images / Thomas Vonier) Disenchantment – that is probably the appropriate word at the end of another…
Capitalism ensures that we can afford environmental protection
Protest by climate protectors What role does capitalism play? (Photo: imago images / aal.photo) Capitalism is having a hard time. For years he has been held responsible for everything bad…
Robert Habeck gives the consumer critic
Robert Habeck The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection advocates a “socio-ecological market economy”. (Photo: imago images / photothek) Berlin Robert Habeck has only been Federal Minister of…
Middle class still large despite heavy immigration
Houses in Saxony The Bertelsmann Stiftung study sees a crumbling middle class. (Photo: dpa) Last week, the social market economy once again had bad press: ZDF reported that the “German…
Robert Habeck plans the socio-ecological market economy
Berlin The renewed self-image of the venerable Federal Ministry of Economics was already radiating, the newly minted Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) didn’t even have the floor. His predecessor Peter Altmaier…
The new coalition is Lindner’s (last) chance
Christian Lindner Has the FDP, as party leader, decreed a necessary process of self-discovery. (Photo: Getty Images) Olaf Scholz carried out the coalition negotiations silently, quickly and even without a…
The new coalition is Lindner’s (last) chance
Christian Lindner Has the FDP, as party leader, decreed a necessary process of self-discovery. (Photo: Getty Images) Olaf Scholz carried out the coalition negotiations silently, quickly and even without a…