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The sharp rise in energy prices represents a considerable structural risk to the German economy. Deindustrialisation has become a veritable threat. The government’s economic policy needs to establish positive expectations for energy costs in the medium term through interventions in the gas and...
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group of scholars appointed by Germany’s National Academy of Science. The 11 authors of the report embarked on their task in … brake” inserted into Germany’s constitution in 2009. …
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With its judgement on the federal budget, the German Federal Constitutional Court has thrown the government's financial planning into disarray. Important public investments are at stake, as the debt brake sets tight limits for the treasury and debt-financed shadow budgets. But the green...
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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....
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Multiple crises and ecological transformation are driving an intense debate about government credit financing and its restriction by the constitutional debt brake. The Board of Academic Advisors at the BMWK has presented a proposal on how more flexibility would be possible without undermining...
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In der Märzausgabe 2023 veröffentlichte der Wirtschaftsdienst einen Aufsatz mit dem Titel „Schuldentragfähigkeit mit impliziten Staatsschulden – Leitbild oder Irrlicht?“ von Jan Priewe. Hagen Krämer und Carl Christian von Weizsäcker vertreten in einer Replik eine andere Auffassung, im...
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Obwohl die Politik stets beteuert, keine Schulden machen zu wollen, bekommen die meisten Staaten ihr Verschuldungsproblem nicht in den Griff. Ein Vergleich mit individuellen Problemen der Selbstkontrolle, etwa bei Übergewichtigen oder Rauchern, bietet sich hier an. Würden die Staaten den...
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The 2021 election campaign in Germany has revealed substantial demands on the federal budget in the coming legislative …
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Simulations of a deficit-financed public investment programme in Germany amounting to €460 billion over ten years in …
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