Commentary and Translation

Why Germans shouldn’t fear inflation and debt
Randal Gernaat Randal Gernaat

Why Germans shouldn’t fear inflation and debt

With inflation rates rising in many parts of the globe, Marcel Fratzscher, President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), offers a counterintuitive view on inflation and debt in Germany: they can be a good thing.

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Big Tech and the financial industry
Randal Gernaat Randal Gernaat

Big Tech and the financial industry

Santiago Carbó Valverde, Professor of Economic Analysis at the University of Grenada (Spain), argues in a recent blog post on the web site of Funcas, an economic and social research think tank, that substantial uncertainty remains surrounding the future of consumer financial services and traditional banks.

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Are fears of inflation justified?
Randal Gernaat Randal Gernaat

Are fears of inflation justified?

After years of low inflation in Europe and the US, are we about to see a dramatic uptick in inflation? In his recent Spiegel column, Henrik Müller, Professor of Economic Policy Journalism at the Technical University of Dortmund, argues we shouldn’t rule out the possibility.

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