The Lessons to Learn From Britain’s Productivity Puzzle The United Kingdom’s economy is in great trouble. The inflationary effects of the energy crisis, the credibility loss due to the former Prime Minister, Liz Truss’ mishandled ‘mini-budget’ and the negative global economic outlook all…

The Lessons We Learned From The Israeli Election On 1 November, Israel held its fifth election in three and a half years. The right-wing block, led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his national-liberal Likud party, came out as the clear winner of the race. While Netanyahu’s…

The Big Brazilian Gun Experiment Under President Jair Bolsonaro’s term in office, Brazil was subject to a quite unique public policy experiment. With rampant crime and homicide rates, the Brazilian president advocated for relaxing Brazil’s gun ownership laws and therefore arming a…

How the Abortion Issue Made the Midterms an Uphill Battle for Republicans In a month’s time, the United States will hold its quite unique, nationwide midterm elections. All congressional districts, thirty-five Senate seats and thirty-nine gubernatorial seats are contested. Up until…

What Would Benjamin Netanyahu’s Return Mean for Israel and for the World? At the beginning of November, the State of Israel is going to hold its fifth election in four years’ time. The unlikely coalition of the opponents of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu finally fell apart over the…

The Flawed Concept of a Welfare State – Part II: The Critique of the Welfare State The post-Second World War years saw the greatest expansion in the size and scope of state activity and government intervention in human history. The advanced economies of the West took up huge financial…

What Can We Learn from Ludwig Erhard and the German Economic Miracle Today? Few statesmen faced as serious a political and economic challenge as the reconstruction of a country following the bloodiest and by far the most destructive conflict the world had ever seen.  Ludwig Erhard was…

The Flawed Concept of a Welfare State – Part I: The Origins of the Welfare State The 20th century was definitely one of the most tumultuous periods in human history. Despite the two world wars and the suffering imposed on mankind by several tyrannic regimes, humanity made previously unseen…

A nagy francia kísérlet – terítéken a macroni gazdaságpolitika Több mint három éve már, hogy Emmanuel Macron Franciaország elnöke. 2017 óta példátlan kísérlet zajlik Európa egyik legnagyobb újraelosztással működő államában. A volt pénzügyminiszter nem kisebb kihívást állított maga elé, mint…

Infláció, kamatszint, mérleghiány – ezért gyengül a forint A koronavírus tavaszi hulláma alatt a magyar forint történetének mélypontjára, 365 forintra gyengült az euróval szemben. A forint gyengülése nem új keletű folyamat, a magyar fizetőeszköz leértékelődése az elmúlt években nagyobb…