It is truly paradoxical: in the USA, where the state has successfully been relied on for decades to keep the economy running, Donald Trump’s billionaire advisors are now calling for a radical reduction in the state’s influence. Libertarians like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, …
I recently travelled by car from Germany to Luxembourg and back to Germany. From Germany to Luxembourg, everything is normal; after all, this is Europe, where there is a single market and freedom of movement for all citizens, although the volume of traffic on this motorway (the E 44) can be compared to that within Germany. …
These days, we are treated to an interesting spectacle. Although the ‘greedy beast’ called inflation met its demise in plain view quite some time ago, the flock of sheep continues to bleat as if nothing had happened. The fear of the sheep is fueled by the ‘experts’ who are paraded through the media every day, …
If the German Federal Statistical Office hadn’t officially announced it last Friday, you wouldn’t have believed it. In Germany, the part of collective wage agreements that leads to a permanent collective wage increase actually amounted to only 2.4 per cent last year. …
