It is hard to believe the sort of things being circulated about Argentina and its libertarian president. The article that Patrick Kaczmarczyk and I wrote some time ago has generated a particularly strong response. Some (such as Poschardt and Stelter, …
Today saw yet another interesting and extremely important statistic that has gone unnoticed by both the media and so-called economic science. As it does every month, Eurostat published the trend in producer prices for the manufacturing sector. The latest available figure is for February, …
Heiner Flassbeck and Patrick Kaczmarczyk
Things have gone quiet around Argentina. The mainstream European press, which euphorically celebrated the president with chainsaws during his election, has largely remained silent two years after that election. Isolated reports of success, such as those published by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom in December 2025, …
Heiner Flassbeck and Erik Münster
People often ask whether Germany’s competitive position has deteriorated in recent years compared to other members of the eurozone, given that nominal wages have risen significantly in this country. Looking at developments from around 2020 onwards, …
