Tag: Moritz Schularick
Should we impose an energy embargo?
Berlin Public pressure is increasing, but Berlin is unimpressed: the federal government has so far resisted stopping Russian energy supplies as a sanction against Vladimir Putin’s war of aggression in…
Embargo on Russian gas and oil manageable
Gazprom plant The demands that Germany should make itself less dependent on Russian energy are increasing. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin There is good news: German industrial production rose by 2.7 percent…
The state is only partially operational
Jänschwalde lignite power station Schularick’s central thesis is that the state is ill-equipped for its role as a crisis manager. That has to change in the face of threats like…