Aging Economics
The global age structure is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. We are witnessing the flattening and even inversion of the population pyramid for the first...
Government of the Old, by the Old, for the Old
“People will always have children,” was German Chancellor Adenauer’s response to criticism of his pension reform in 1957. In retrospect, Adenauer could not have...
A Firewall Is Not a Betrayal of Democracy – It Is Its Essence
A firewall can be considered the categorical imperative of all those who call themselves democrats. While this is very pointed, it carries a serious...
Protecting power, not principles: How firewalls erode democracy
In some Western democratic countries, so-called “firewalls” have become a common tool in politics for coping with certain political actors such as the Alternative...
Careful With That Chainsaw – Javier Milei’s Harsh Economic Adjustment Pushes Millions into Poverty
Javier Milei crashed onto the political scene with an unorthodox style: Loud, provocative, and radical. At his campaign rallies, he waved a chainsaw to...
Pick Your Poison – Short-term Pain or Long-term Prosperity?
Over the past few decades, Argentina’s economy has been plagued by economic instability, spearheaded by increasingly high inflation rates, little or no economic growth,...
