The Euro area is currently going through its worst period of recession and economic stagnation since the Great Depression and World War II. The article tries to give an impression of the extraordinary degree of fiscal austerity and the devastating economic effects it has already had and must be...

In the present paper we question the mainstream diagnosis of Germany's post-2000 stagnation as well as the prescribed remedies. We show that the "institutional sclerosis" view of Germany's stagnation is unfounded and that therefore the political measures proposed and actually taken are...

Die Corona-Krise ist eine globale Herausforderung. Die Ausbreitung von COVID-19 stellt gesamtwirtschaftlich gesehen sowohl einen negativen Nachfrageschock als auch einen negativen Angebotsschock dar. Es kommt zu merklichen Exportausfällen nach China und in andere betroffene Volkswirtschaften....