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Author: Johannes Eber

Economist, journalist, consultant.

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Have I said recently that monopolies suck?

Johannes Eber economics Leave a comment November 23, 2022November 28, 2022 2 Minutes

Where has all the work gone?

Technological progress always has replaced jobs - also in the railway industry. In times of labour shortages, hardly anyone believes that we will run out of work. True?

Johannes Eber economics 1 Comment November 20, 2022November 28, 2022 2 Minutes

You want everything? Think again

The comforting concept of opportunity costs in economics

Johannes Eber economics 1 Comment October 25, 2022 5 Minutes

A gas price cap reduces inflation, right? Wrong!

Consequences of artificially reduced energy prices

Johannes Eber economics Leave a comment October 18, 2022October 21, 2022 3 Minutes

The dark side of price caps

Rationing is a common result of price brakes: will Germany be able to prevent this consequence when implementing a price cap on gas?

Johannes Eber economics 1 Comment October 2, 2022 2 Minutes

Rational Putin

How to be smarter than Russia's dictator

Johannes Eber political economy 1 Comment October 1, 2022October 2, 2022 1 Minute

The value of having less

Why Minimalism is economically reasonable

Johannes Eber economics 1 Comment September 23, 2022October 2, 2022 3 Minutes

1973 vs. 2022

Almost fifty years after the oil crisis, the world faces another energy crisis. What will repeat, what has changed?

Johannes Eber economics 1 Comment September 22, 2022October 2, 2022 3 Minutes

What are we willing to give up for a better future?

For the expansion of the European high-speed rail network, a German island is taken off the rail network for a very long time.

Johannes Eber economics Leave a comment August 31, 2022 2 Minutes

Is a garbage-free public space possible?

A journey through a beautiful as well as ugly Sicily

Johannes Eber society Leave a comment August 26, 2022 4 Minutes

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    When you look at the refinery in Schwedt in eastern Germany, you understand why Putin was of the opinion that Europe would not stand in the way of his war of aggression in Ukraine - and why he was wrong.

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