After the statutory pension insurance was among the experts as a semi-consolidated, it is now of the grand coalition to improve the mood of the moment again brought out of balance. We recall that Norbert Blum had until the mid-1990s, also under the infamous slogan “One thing is certain: the pension” every demographic problem more or less consistently denied. Readmore…
It seems to have gone a bit quiet in health policy, even if the “flare” a shift in the health fund in recent weeks in part, the reform debate has re-let are aware, are but there must be stated that health policy by the end of term and possibly beyond will probably not do much. This seems particularly surprising, especially since the health care system was still in short as fundamentally reformed. Readmore…
doctors noteWhen asked what he recommend three books to the skeptics of liberalism as a conversion reading, Otto Graf Lambsdorff has again given the following response:”Right at the front is Adam Smith. For the Scottish moral philosopher shows with impressive logic and simple language, as the selfishness of people can be mobilized to serve the common good. Readmore…
The crisisThe credit crisis is ever widening circles. After payment defaults in the U.S. markets for mortgage loans with low credit ratings and the accompanying credit derivatives markets, investors are increasingly suspicious of credit products of all kinds makes noticeable in this for example in increasing intervals between the yields of risky and riskless bonds. Readmore…
Liechtenstein and no end. The pressures from the political Germany against Liechtenstein, Switzerland and other so-called tax havens to take. The German Ambassador in Bern recently articulated, the Swiss banking secrecy is no longer timely. The banking secrecy of the Swiss Confederation is more durable in a variety of criticism, which is practiced primarily in countries outside of Switzerland. Readmore…
First “The” economy is a scandalous business?The closure of the Nokia plant in Bochum, so it says, “destroyed” without good jobs. The German bank made record profits and simultaneously dismissed employees, increase “only” for the win. Siemens wanted to increase the remuneration of its directors at a time when the company was already marked by corruption scandals and the just-sold mobile phone division was threatened with insolvency. Readmore…
For Important thing you can say about Germany is, that it is in the middle of Europe and on two sides – east and west – with no natural borders, could provide sustained protection from attackers. The other major language areas of Europe – the British Isles, France, Spain / Portugal, Sweden / Norway and Italy – are at least three directions by the sea or high mountains – the Alps, the Pyrenees – protected. Readmore…