Tag: Top tax rate
Where Germany collects a lot of taxes – and where little
Christian Lindner (FDP) In some areas, Germany is not a high-tax country, on the contrary. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin The Federal Ministry of Finance begins with an admission. Germany belongs “to…
High tax country Germany? With whom the Treasury collects particularly heavily
Christian Lindner (FDP) In some areas, Germany is not a high-tax country, on the contrary. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin The Federal Ministry of Finance begins with an admission. Germany belongs “to…
Critics shouldn’t just meet economic methods with ideology
Handover of the annual report 2022/23 The German Council of Experts presented the main report of the year on Wednesday. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Every year in autumn, the economic experts…
Critics shouldn’t just meet economic methods with ideology
Handover of the annual report 2022/23 The German Council of Experts presented the main report of the year on Wednesday. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Every year in autumn, the economic experts…
Monika Schnitzer advocates energy solos
Monica Schnitzer The economist is considered to be well connected, also in politics. (Photo: IMAGO/Political Moments) Berlin For a year and a half, the Economic Wise Men were without a…
Monika Schnitzer advocates energy solos
Monica Schnitzer The economist is considered to be well connected, also in politics. (Photo: Imago Images) Berlin For a year and a half, the Economic Wise Men were without a…
The five wrong ways of doing business
Advisory Council press conference (Photo: imago images/Political Moments) The council of experts was once the hotbed of supply-side politics. Flexible labor markets, less bureaucracy and lower taxes, that’s the sound…
The five wrong ways of doing business
Advisory Council press conference (Photo: imago images/Political Moments) The council of experts was once the hotbed of supply-side politics. Flexible labor markets, less bureaucracy and lower taxes, that’s the sound…
Great Britain seems ripe for a change
British Treasury Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, Prime Minister Liz Truss Plans to cut taxes on top earners have failed miserably. (Photo: Reuters) London In recent history one will hardly find an…
Christian Lindner’s wedding: A typical German envy debate
Christian Lindner (FDP) and his wife Franca Lehfeldt on Sylt In Germany, every political dispute about the distribution of wealth follows the same pattern. (Photo: dpa) If one could operate…
How a tax reform would still be possible
Olaf Scholz (SPD), Christian Dürr and Christian Lindner (from right, both FPD) in the Bundestag A reform of income tax through the traffic light seems off the table, but a…
How a tax reform would still be possible
Olaf Scholz (SPD), Christian Dürr and Christian Lindner (from right, both FPD) in the Bundestag A reform of income tax through the traffic light seems off the table, but a…
Who should pay more in the future
Olaf Scholz The SPD’s candidate for chancellor receives a present at an election campaign in Bavaria. The politician wants to burden top earners more heavily. (Photo: dpa) Berlin One week…