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Macroeconomics

Who pays for our longevity?

- Sven Ebert

COMMENT. The statutory pension is a poor investment. Even a long life does not change this. We must therefore limit it.

 
Macroeconomics

US national debt: Loyal creditors urgently sought

- Christof Schürmann

COMMENT. The dispute over Greenland has also highlighted the US debt, the financing of which is Washington's Achilles heel.

 
Macroeconomics

The geopolitics of rarity: Mapping strategic trade dependencies for rare earths

- Agnieszka Gehringer

STUDY. Despite diversification initiatives worldwide global value creation in the rare earths sector remains heavily concentrated in China and is therefore fraught with geo-economic risks.

 
Economy & Politics

Kevin Warsh: Will a hawk take the helm at the Fed?

- Gunther Schnabl

COMMENT. Next week, Donald Trump is expected to appoint the new president of the Federal Reserve. Will it be the dove Trump longs for – or a monetary policy hawk who will make...

 
Society & Finance

The city as volcano and battle ground

- Thomas Mayer

COMMENT. When cultural conflicts suppress creative exchange, the city transforms from a driver of progress into a centre of problems.

 
Macroeconomics

The euro as an optimal currency area? Taking stock

- Gunther Schnabl , Moritz Pfeifer

STUDY. Due to persistent heterogeneity, the euro is not an optimal currency area. Cohesion can only be ensured by the ECB and the EU, which entails risks ...

 
Economy & Politics

Liability Socialisation in the European Economic and Monetary Union

- Tom Bugdalle

STUDY. France’s high deficits and Germany’s shift away from fiscal discipline are increasing pressure on the euro area. Without a clear return to rules ....

 
Economy & Politics

The New East-West Conflict and the China Trap

- Norbert F. Tofall

COMMENT. The geo-economic elements in the US National Security Strategy increase the risk that some Asian countries will pursue a policy of balancing between...

 
Companies

Debt: Good friends can never be separated

- Christof Schürmann

COMMENT. The opaque market for private debt has grown so much that it now poses a risk of contagion for the markets. How big are the risks?

 
Society & Finance

Does private equity beat stocks?

- Christof Schürmann

STUDY. Financial investors advertise high returns. Why these are difficult to achieve and what difficulties investing in private equity can entail.

 
Society & Finance

Against left-wing cultural hegemony: Identitarians, Machiavellians and Austro-libertarians

- Thomas Mayer

ESSAY. The rise of the New Left has mobilised counterforces that are now in the process of crushing it. Not all of these counterforces are likely to lead to new strength...

 
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