Anja Karliczek: What is the Research Minister doing against Corona?

DThe development of a vaccine is the most effective and most important measure to permanently stop the coronavirus. Research Minister Anja Karliczek didn’t come to Corona for a long time. It was only on March 3 that she announced that she would like to provide additional money for research. “The necessary application review and assessment … Read more

Hamburg election: Here the SPD threatens the next blow

eActually it is only a mayor election in a big city, but Hamburg is a little different: the city-state has an after-work parliament and a government, which is called Senate on the Elbe. And that is why the Republic looks on February 23 whether the SPD in the only state election of the year with … Read more

Interest: The interest disappears forever

Nnegative interest rates? Actually, that cannot be, is the argument that corresponds to the gut feeling of many citizens. Some experts, in turn, attribute the change in interest rates to negative results from wrong economic and monetary policy decisions in recent years. A long-term scientific study by Harvard scientist Paul Schmelzing now sheds new light … Read more

Finance minister Scholz sets conditions for taking over old debts

Updated January 15, 2020, 7:48 a.m. Numerous municipalities in Germany are heavily in debt. Finance minister Scholz holds out the prospect of discharge and plans to step in to cover old debts with federal money. But he attaches conditions to the help – and also calls for a “non-jealous country”. You can find more current … Read more

Price of money: the interest disappears forever

Nnegative interest rates? Actually, that cannot be, is the argument that corresponds to the gut feeling of many citizens. Some experts, in turn, attribute the change in interest rates to negative results from wrong economic and monetary policy decisions in recent years. A long-term scientific study by Harvard scientist Paul Schmelzing sheds new light on … Read more