Does it change the way you live? - This post is about tackling inflation on the individual level.
Author: Johannes Eber
Berlin-based economist, senior consultant at Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft (INSM) and co-founder of the media agency Solokarpfen.
Subscription vs single ticket: what to choose?
It's better to think twice before subscribing
May we take the plane?
We have to abolish moral dilemmas for successful climate protection
Energy problems? We will solve them!
Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine is clearly noticeable in many ways throughout Europe. The strongest impact (apart from the horrors of the war in Ukraine itself) is on energy. Germany, for example, triggered the "alarm stage" of its emergency gas plan this week in response to falling Russian supplies. "We must not fool ourselves: … Continue reading Energy problems? We will solve them!
Is it legitimate to force young people to serve?
Is it legitimate to force young people to serve? Economics has found quite a good answer to this question.
On the right track: How the EU is cutting back CO2 emissions
Achieving the EU's climate goals is mainly a success story. Here is why.
Why is the EU bad at military defence?
Over the past decade, the US, Russia and China significantly increased their defence budgets. / Source: European Commission If it is true that the European Union is a common living space, who would defend that habitat if attacked? A European Union army would be the obvious answer. But there is no such army. There are essentially … Continue reading Why is the EU bad at military defence?
How to save democracy and the climate with the same idea
China is a dictatorship. Most recent evidence: Human rights groups say that China has detained more than one million Uyghurs (a mostly Muslim ethnic group in the north-western region of Xinjiang) against their will over the past few years in what the Chinese state calls "re-education camps" and sentenced hundreds of thousands to prison terms. What can … Continue reading How to save democracy and the climate with the same idea
Will Northern Ireland rejoin the EU?
Northern Ireland on Apple maps Northern Ireland is the smallest of the four components of the United Kingdom (the others are England, Wales and Scotland). It just accounts for 2.9 per cent (1.9 million) of the UK's population (67 million) and for 2.2 per cent of the UK’s gross domestic product (GDP). But Northern Ireland … Continue reading Will Northern Ireland rejoin the EU?
Why central banks?
I'm always astonished by how a change that is not visible nor tangible and is over and above minimal can make the headlines. But it always works. This week, for example, in the New York Times: "Fed Makes Biggest Interest Rate Increase Since 2000 as High Inflation Persists." What had happened was neither more nor … Continue reading Why central banks?
Pixelökonom 