You can’t be radical enough if you are only liberal or libertarian. In a society that shies away from any kind of radicalism, radical liberalism is at least secretly admired. Argentina’s new president, who many in his country call the “madman”, …
You can’t be radical enough if you are only liberal or libertarian. In a society that shies away from any kind of radicalism, radical liberalism is at least secretly admired. Argentina’s new president, who many in his country call the “madman”, …
It is an extraordinary privilege that at the turn of the year in Germany, the head of government is given the opportunity to address citizens directly via the public media at a time when they are particularly receptive. This speech gives the Federal Chancellor the opportunity to review the past year with all its upheavals, …
Sometimes a very simple statement can tell you abruptly how a society lies to itself in order to avoid unpleasant contexts. So it is with inflation – and so it is with unemployment. One year of high price increases, usually called “inflation”, …
On 9 December last year I wrote that Germany is in recession, while economic and financial policy imagines that things can only go up. Since then, endless nonsense has been written about winter recessions, technical recessions and the like. Economic policy has been able to hide behind this whitewashing by the media. …