Nach der Finanzkrise sind Maßnahmen gefragt, die dazu beitragen können, ähnliche Krisen zu verhindern. Rolf Eggert ehemaliger Landeszentralbankpräsident schlägt hier eine dynamische Anpassung der Mindestreserveanforderungen an die Lücke zwischen den Eigenkapitalrenditen in der Finanz- und...

The German Federal Constitutional Court has ordered a revision of public budgets following the correct interpretation of the German debt brake. The debt brake is an obstacle to necessary public investment needed for ecological transformation of areas such as housing construction and education....

The Covid-19 pandemic hitting the world in 2020 also caused a high death toll in Germany and in the European Monetary Union (EMU) at large. The health crisis worldwide and the precautions against Covid-19 rapidly induced a demand and supply recession simultaneously. The Covid-19 crisis was...

The COVID-19 crisis is unique in many respects and, as the IMF (2021, p. 43) puts it: "a crisis like no other". A global economic contraction occurred that was unprecedented in its speed and depth. Support packages were put together in some parts of the world that also dwarfed anything seen up...