February 2015 - 4liberty.eu

Distributive Effects of the German Hartz IV-Reforms

Peter Altmiks/February 28, 2015August 31, 2017 /Leave a comment

The activating labour market reforms of the German government at the beginning of the 21st century (Agenda 2010) were considered to be successful in reducing unemployment, especially long-term unemployment. But the majority of the media and also the majority of the German population consider this reform as socially unfair. While long-term unemployment fell from 1.7 to now under one million, people still believe, Hartz IV made Germany poorer. A new empirical study tells a different…

Economy, Politics

Greece: Setting the Youth Agenda for 2021

Markus Kaiser/February 27, 2015August 31, 2017 /Leave a comment

We, a large group of liberal-minded and committed young Greeks, met here in Thessaloniki, on 26-27 September 2014, in order to adopt a resolution that responds to the most urgent problems of our generation. We want our voice to be heard. And we want our calls for action set forth hereunder to be taken seriously.

Economy

Destiny of Greece Will Be Determined by Its Attitude Towards Reforms

Jan Oravec/February 26, 2015August 31, 2017 /Leave a comment

Nominants of Syriza haven’t even settled comfortably in their key chairs in the new Greek government yet and new prime minister together with finance minister have already made their first compromise and step back from their pre-electoral promises. They refrained form talking about the debt write-off, started talking about restructurization of debt and went on a European tour to find out from creditors which particular forms of restructurization could be acceptable.

Politics

Parliamentary Elections: There is No Alternative for Greece

Markus Kaiser/February 25, 2015August 31, 2017 /Leave a comment

The new left-wing SYRIZA government, which sees public expenditure as a means to counterbalance the lack of competitiveness, is all but a solution to the Greek problem. If anything, the pro-European and cosmopolitan young Greek generation – which is fed up with the “Greek way” of policy-making of the past – can make a difference.

Politics

Zoltán Kész: The Liberal Who Took Away Orbán´s Supermajority

Mate Hajba/February 24, 2015August 7, 2017 /Leave a comment

Zoltán Kész’s victory shattered the two third majority of governing party Fidesz in the parliament. Using this supermajority, the government has implemented a new constitution and new laws curtailing the freedom of speech, human rights and the power of the constitutional court since 2010. Hungary has also become fearfully friendly with Russia regardless of the growing tensions between the EU and Putin.

Think Tank News

The 8th Europe-Ukraine Forum Has Come to an End

Liberte and Olga Labendowicz/February 17, 2015April 24, 2015 /Leave a comment

The conference organised by Foundation Institute for Eastern Studies on February 15-17 in Łódź gathered in Poland many distinguished individuals, including politicians, journalists, think tankers and many others, who were seeking the possible ways of helping Ukraine develop in the midst of the on-going conflict with Russia. Liberté! was media partner of the event.

Economy

You Have to Speculate to Accumulate: How Speculators Increase Welfare

Martin Vlachynsky/February 17, 2015August 31, 2017 /Leave a comment

To understand utility of an intermediary we need to understand subjective price theory. A can of cheese does not have a universal value given from the “universe”, but rather N subjective values which vary in time and space. A task of the intermediary is to exchange what we need less for what we need more.

Politics

What If Estonians Weren’t in the European Union?

Academy of Liberalism/February 17, 2015 /Leave a comment

Through economic and financial convergence, European business culture and practice become part of our everyday lives quickly and naturally. If this had not taken place, the corrupt bureaucracy and way of life still prevailing in our vicinity would probably dominate here as well.

Politics

Hungary After Merkel’s and Before Putin’s Visit: Is Orban’s Political Momentum Declining?

Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom/February 16, 2015 /Leave a comment

Merkel’s criticism of Orbán’s domestic politics came through clearly via independent media. The visit made it very clear how far Orbán is from the mainstream European opinion on issues of democracy and rule of law.

Economy

To Grow or Not to Grow? From Secular Stagnation to Robust Recovery

Enrico Colombatto and FOR/February 14, 2015August 31, 2017

We should open our minds to the notion of individual responsibility and entrepreneurship. We have to take responsibility and the costs of our mistakes. The recipe for growth is no technocratic engineering. Growth goes through entrepreneurship, mistakes, reactions to mistakes and risk-taking. These elements are critical.

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Month: February 2015

Distributive Effects of the German Hartz IV-Reforms

Greece: Setting the Youth Agenda for 2021

Destiny of Greece Will Be Determined by Its Attitude Towards Reforms

Parliamentary Elections: There is No Alternative for Greece

Zoltán Kész: The Liberal Who Took Away Orbán´s Supermajority

The 8th Europe-Ukraine Forum Has Come to an End

You Have to Speculate to Accumulate: How Speculators Increase Welfare

What If Estonians Weren’t in the European Union?

Hungary After Merkel’s and Before Putin’s Visit: Is Orban’s Political Momentum Declining?

To Grow or Not to Grow? From Secular Stagnation to Robust Recovery

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