
Germany’s Energy Fiasco
Mar 28, 2022 examines the policy mistakes that have left the country dangerously dependent on Russian gas.
Hans-Werner Sinn, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Munich, is a former president of the Ifo Institute for Economic Research and serves on the German economy ministry’s Advisory Council. He is the author, most recently, of The Euro Trap: On Bursting Bubbles, Budgets, and Beliefs (Oxford University Press, 2014).
Mar 28, 2022 examines the policy mistakes that have left the country dangerously dependent on Russian gas.
Jan 24, 2022 welcomes the European Commission's inclusion of an old energy source in its taxonomy for sustainable activities.
Nov 29, 2021 thinks recent inflation data spell the end of the good life financed by the euro system’s printing press.
Sep 28, 2021 argues that Germany’s outgoing chancellor too often allowed herself to be guided by pollsters.
Jul 23, 2021 thinks the EU’s unilateral green proposals will hit living standards and do little to reduce global emissions.
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