Rising public debt everywhere has raised the question of how to reduce debt again in the future. High public debt also seems to be an impediment for the exit of central banks from ultra-low interest rates and quantitative easing. Historical precedent ...

Since the 17th century, we have wanted to measure the future with the help of probability theory. To do this, mathematically incomprehensible uncertainty must be transformed into mathematically measurable risks. However, the measurement of the future ...

The German Bundestag has accepted its gradual disempowerment through the expansion of the monetary union into a liability community for the sake of European peace. But in fact it also abdicates by surrendering the "royal right of parliament" ...

Confidence is essential for the existence of EMU. But it can only be won if the ECB's policies are explained in a way that is comprehensible to the public. This is impossible in the case of the ECB's negative interest rate policy.

The thesis that interest rates would have been lowered by a flood of savings due to greater efforts to save for retirement is not supported by facts.