Norbert Häring – Page 13 – Money and more

EU-Budget Rules Need Reform: Reference to Nonsense Output Gaps Keeps Economy Down

February 12, 2020 | There is a much needed discussion in European policy circles about simplifying the budgetary surveillance process. One possible and much needed reform is to do away with the reference to „structural“ budget deficits, as the „campaign against nonsense output gaps“ has shown. Its protagonists have just issued another damning paper. …

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Problems of Index Fund Capitalism

February 9, 2020 | If the trend of the last two decades continues, index funds could control 40 percent of the voting rights in the largest corporations by 2040.The share is already up to 25 percent in the US. There a two perspectives on this. Some scholars say it threatens shareholder value, others fear it will lead to too much of it. I side with the latter. …

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Relaunch of “Money and More”

February 7, 2020 | Dear readers, after almost six years it was time for modernizing this website. The most important changes are a dynamic layout and secure (https-)connections. There are some further improvements, in particular in this English-language section of the website. …

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War on Cash in Germany: Parliament is Looking for Anti-Cash-Experts

February 6, 20202 For its project “World Without Cash”, a Bundestag-committee is inviting bids for an expert opinion that should help pave the way to a cashless future and free the population from their “cash obsession”. …

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How this Blog has Made a Difference

In the first six years of this blog, my reporting has made a difference here and there. It contributed to the break-up of the anti-labor Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and to the European Central Bank no longer sending a representative as a member of the shady G30 group…

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Anti-Cash-Alliance Suffers Setback in Home-Town New York

The Better Than Cash Alliance (Visa, Mastercard, Citibank, Bill Gates, USAID) coordinates the global war against cash from New York. Now, the city council there has decided to oblige all brick and mortar stores and restaurants to accept cash. The justification of the regulation is a low blow for the alliance’s financial inclusion propaganda…

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The Crodcodile Tears of the Fashion Industry over the 1000 Deaths of Rana Plaza

Since the tragic collapse of a textile factory in Bangladesh, western textile companies have enforced higher safety standards there – and have made workers pay for it…

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