Archive for February, 2011


Guest Post:
public television without advertising?

Written by admin
February 24th, 2011

The Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate, Kurt Beck, has proposed to reduce advertising and sponsorship in the public service broadcasters gradually in order ultimately to pass up. Funding for the phase-out of advertising could be undertaken on the collection of the full fee for PCs. Those who have only paid the base fee of 5. Readmore…


Monetary union and the state budget
A Brief History

Written by admin
February 23rd, 2011

The national debt of some euro members, current discussions about a bail-out, reminiscent of the exclusion or the escape of members of the monetary union, providing for sanctions and bridging assistance to the years of a controversial discussion about the connection of a common currency and the national budgets of Member States in advance of the European Monetary Union. Readmore…

It is downright cute, just like those analysts who reproached Germany for less than ten years of his high wages and not more modern structures, is now rubbing against his “unfair” high international competitiveness. Also swap as cause and effect, by accusing them, German exporters, the rest of Europe, the acceptance of his goods as if they impose, and thereby to push the trade deficit. Readmore…

Legal claim to a two-year maintenance period must be paid here, Mrs. Schroeder demanded. And all people of good will are thrilled, especially since the Minister would have us believe, there is something so beautiful for nothing. That's wrong because the proposed state-imposed forced event requires the contractor to a kind of interest-free loans and the state will bring tax revenue. Readmore…

Greece can not hope in the event of his inability to pay on assistance from other euro members. The Lisbon Treaty categorically rules out this possibility. On the bond markets, however, is dominated by a different opinion. A risk premium of only 3% points for the last Greek new issue shows clearly the speculation on a bail-out. Readmore…

An alternative to the European Monetary Fund

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February 9th, 2011

Sometimes one will not escape the impression that we are about to install a global system of collective irresponsibility: The world economy is in consequence monetarily funded financial market bubbles flooded again with fresh money, the knowledge of powerful banks so that they are too big have become to be taken for hazardeurhafte business practices in the liability, the policy met with the merging into even larger banks, and the shattered remains of a crisis that finds its ultimate source in an indebtedness of the U. Readmore…

At first glance, it looks like a very simple matter: The state offered data CDs with the names of suspected tax evaders. Whether the suspect is true in every single case, is open to – indeed there are legitimate reasons for investments abroad. But one can assume that the Treasury has so far not well informed on all accounts listed on the CDs. Readmore…

The European Monetary Fund (EMF) is not a good idea

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February 7th, 2011

The Federal Government supports the establishment of a European Monetary Fund. With the EWF is the “acute crisis” and managed to ensure for future cases, a “crisis management”. This plan should come from the governments in the euro area, with approval, but he promises to mitigate the disciplinary pressure of capital markets on its own financial management. Readmore…

“We do not need private employment agencies as a stopgap, but as part of a modern labor market policy.”A billion hole in the budget of the Federal Agency in Nuremberg is foreseeable. It requires no clairvoyance, the contributions will rise to unemployment. Readmore…

The German economy is blamed for the recent upswing in growth is mainly come from the export business. This is wrong. Above all, the domestic investment has contributed significantly to growth. In international comparison, Germany has a good balance on growth.The current economic crisis has much put to the test. Readmore…