13.11.2015 – von Hendrik Hagedorn. Kapitalismuskritik ist nach wie vor en vogue. Im Grunde gibt es kaum einen gesellschaftlichen Missstand, der nicht regelmäßig auf das kapitalistische System als solches zurückgeführt würde. Vor allem wird im öffentlichen Diskurs immer wieder geäußert,… Read More
„There are many ways to analyze China’s GDP, and all the ones presented here show it trending below the government’s official statistics for the third quarter.“ „Our preliminary estimates show growth at an annual rate of just 2.9 percent in the third quarter of 2015, way lower than the official 7.4 percent,“ they wrote.…
„We “Austrians” understand an interest rate as an expression of market participants’ time preference. The underlying assumption is that people are inclined to consume a certain product sooner rather than later. Hence, if savers restrict their current consumption and provide the resources for investment instead, they do so only on condition that they will be…
„Wie ganz anders würde demgegenüber privatwirtschaftlicher Umweltschutz funktionieren, wenn man ihm die Verantwortung dafür überließe: Würde ein Autohersteller speziell tiefe Verschmutzungswerte für ein neues Modell anpreisen, würden die Konkurrenten und engagierte private Umwelt- oder Konsumentenschutzorganisationen in kürzester Zeit erbarmungslose Tests durchführen. Nicht nur in Labors, sondern vor allem auch auf der Straße bei Wind, Wetter,…
„Epigraph and Factom, both Texas-based tech company, were hired by Honduras – one of the most corrupt countries in the world – to develop the country’s land registry ledger system like blockchain. Right now, the land registry is controlled by government officials. They will continue to be so under a blockchain system too, of course, only…
„An exploding pension crisis here in Brazil, Latin America’s biggest country, is wreaking havoc on its public finances, intensifying a political struggle over the economy that already has the president fighting for survival. Brazilians retire at an average age of 54, and some public servants, military officials and politicians manage to collect multiple pensions totaling…
„On Monday of last week, the SKEW hit a new record high of 148.92. At that level the market was suggesting a roughly 15% chance of a two or more standard deviation move lower in the S&P in the next 30 days. The SKEW hit another record high above 151 on Thursday of last week.…