Tag: Economic and financial policy
Obituary: The economist Jürgen B. Donges has died – economy
Economists should be ready for conflict, found Jürgen Donges and repeatedly explained this to his students. Economists have an “obligation to bring to the public” – Donges adhered to this…
Scholz promises a comprehensive correction in pension taxation – economy
SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz wants to give both contributors and pensioners comprehensive tax relief in response to a ruling by the Federal Fiscal Court (BFH) on double taxation. The…
Federal budget: what to think of Olaf Scholz’s new debts – opinion
The last week of the Bundestag session in this legislative period is coming to an end, with Chancellor Angela Merkel presumably disappearing from federal politics after the Bundestag election, the…
Train drivers against all – economy
It would not occur to anyone at the moment to bring Deutsche Bahn public. Earlier considerations of turning the state-owned company into a stock corporation with mostly private shareholders seem…
Apple: Cartel Office initiates proceedings – economy
The Federal Cartel Office will not give up in the fight against the market power of the large digital companies. On Monday, the competition authority announced that it would now…