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Germany: Union Strikes Cripple Rail Network and Airports

Robert Semonsen April 21, 2023

The strikes brought Germany’s entire rail network to a standstill and resulted in more than 90,000 passengers being affected by flight cancellations.

Fiscal Forecast Europe: ECB Will Soon Return to Money Printing

Sven R. Larson April 13, 2023

With a welfare state that dominates their budgets, European governments are exceedingly vulnerable to a recession. When tax revenue declines and entitlements force governments to spend more, the inevitable result is larger budget deficits. What will the ECB do in response to that?

Fiscal Forecast America: Update on Recession and Debt Crisis

Sven R. Larson April 12, 2023

If government size and employment rate had been the same in 2022 as they were in 2000, the cost of today’s government would have been $47,000 per employed person. That is a lot of money—until we do the same arithmetic with today’s government size and employment rate. Then the cost comes out to $59,700.

Germany: Transport Strikes To Freeze Country on Monday

Tadhg Pidgeon March 25, 2023

German’s national train operator has announced that all long-distance trains will be cancelled, and the Frankfurt airport has cancelled all regular flights.

Banking Crisis: Déjà-Vu All Over Again?

Sven R. Larson March 22, 2023

Several news sources have raised the volume about a possible systemwide banking crisis. I am not going to contribute to that. In fact, we should all be careful about determining whether or not such a crisis is at hand.

Silicon Valley Bank: Fed Starts Printing Money Again

Sven R. Larson March 14, 2023

The Federal Reserve, eager to not let a good crisis go to waste, is using the SVB crisis to quietly turn on the money supply faucet again.

Commission: SVB Collapse Poses No Risk to EU

Tamás Orbán March 14, 2023

“The name of the game is containment now,” German MEP Markus Ferber said, referring to the fear that’s spreading faster than the actual problem.

How Egoism Causes More Inflation

Sven R. Larson March 13, 2023

A sensational statement by the Federal Reserve reveals how we are setting ourselves up for another destructive inflation episode.

Estonia: Liberal Reform Party Elected, Right Challenges Vote

Tadhg Pidgeon March 7, 2023

The incumbent Prime Minister Kaja Kallas led the polls, but her leadership is far from secure, since poor energy policies and allegations of election fraud undermine her victory.

Surinamese Authorities Take Measures in Wake of Parliament’s Storming

Tristan Vanheuckelom February 21, 2023

President Santokhi, who warned against the threat posed to his country’s “democratic institutions,” has set up a task force to track down those who stormed parliament.