Economic, especially financial crises are the most in the public failure of capitalism – attributed – that the economic system that is based on full respect for property rights of actors Mark. The free markets are not functioning, it is to hear in the face of recession and unemployment, and the public will cry out loud, the state must intervene in the market in order to avert worse and to ensure improvement. Readmore…
“The world has been slow, that we are living this year in the shadow of one of the greatest economic collapse in modern history. But while the man on the street now is aware of what happened, he is ignorant of the why and wherefore, now as full of probably exaggerated fears, while it is a measure of rational fear was missing when the first problems showed “. Readmore…
The world economy is on the line. Companies to break away the jobs, dramatically in some industries. The plant and machinery orders fell in December by over 40% off. A deep recession seems inevitable. Companies to cut production, short-time working is increasing, unemployment is rising. Many eyes are now on the policy, they should fix it. Readmore…
It is not that long ago, we wrote the year 1996, when asked in the German Parliament paved the way for the liberalization of the telecommunications market in Germany. Many arguments that were being raised in public debate with great seriousness, even today one can only smile. At least now the competition has unfolded for all to see its effect: we pay connection charges, which amount to only a fraction of what we calculated the German postal service. Readmore…
Health care reform measures, which brought the grand coalition on the way, are characterized by a partial unfortunate design and expected to reach almost their related objectives, such as premium stability. Against this background it seems worthwhile to point out a reform option, which has been successfully introduced in other countries such as Singapore. Readmore…
To the diabolical properties of economic crises, it is usually that are cyclical, structural and financial turmoil hand in hand. This complicates the design of coherent economic policies. But it's almost worse that the involvement of the individual open problems populist politicians and lobbyists door for regulatory sins and also makes life difficult such politicians who are committed to economic reason. Readmore…
“liquidate jobs, liquidate stocks, liquidate the farmers, liquidate real estate, wash the corruptions of the system,” was the credo of Andrew Mellon, the U.S. Treasury in the early days of the Great Depression under President Herbert Hoover. This view is based on the belief that the crisis is an opportunity for catharsis, for cleaning. Readmore…
“Absterbeordnung belongs to a market economy and freedom.”The German policy is agreed: Doping in sports is of the devil. The athletic competition is distorted, the health of athletes at risk, given the youth a bad example. It calls for a worldwide ban on doping. ARD and ZDF are handled politically, transfer events “doping-contaminated” sports such as cycling to not more. Readmore…
The debate over whether the government supports with other rescue the banking sector has, after the events at the Commerzbank and Hypo Real Estate regained intensity. A central element of this discussion is the question whether so-called bad bank to be part of these support measures. This paper attempts to show what could have advantages such a solution, if implemented correctly. Readmore…
Even if the public health Currently occupies little space in the mind, how else would the announcement of the uniform contribution rate of 15.5% can be interpreted differently, the question reaches for the future of healthcare in many ways, the basic questions of social life on . One of the questions is in the context of the introduction of the electronic health card, which is still in trial stage, if an informed patient, with more patients' rights can better participate in defining and shaping the future of health care. Readmore…