30 Years after the Wall: Socialism 2.0
I am celebrating the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Even though it is unnerving to realise that the 30 years that have passed have turned me into a political dinosaur at 44. [...]
Publications
Zero Carbon Bill fails the climate
It is not enough to just say you care about the climate. We want to see effective and efficient measures to cut emissions. The Zero Carbon legislation does not deliver them. [...]
Lessons from Thuringia
To prevent the rise of polarisation, politicians must listen to people who think unlike themselves. [...]
Draghi’s difficult legacy
Mario Draghi might be remembered as the central banker who defended the euro while planting the seeds of its eventual destruction. [...]
Will the Grinch steal Brexit?
As Karl Marx taught us, history repeats itself first as tragedy and then as farce. With Brexit we are long past these two separate stages. [...]
Brussels’ next nightmare
While Brexit dominates the news, another country could become an even bigger headache for Brussels over the coming years. [...]
Rediscovering the West
When future historians look back at our world today, they will regard it as the end of an era. Over the space of just a few years, the fundamentals of our political and economic order have all changed. [...]
Waking up to woke
We need to ask for facts when the other side only offers emotions. If we do not do that, we will end up with speech codes resembling those of totalitarian regimes. [...]
Administering monetary medicine
Clinical research has found that a doctor’s reassurance promotes health outcomes and healing. With central banks, it is the same. [...]
Debt-financed infrastructure spending won’t solve Germany’s problems
It must indeed be tempting to binge on infrastructure spending as Berlin can now borrow for 30 years at a negative interest rate of 0.11 percent. But should the Germans do so? [...]
