La croissance est l'affaire de tous

While it is true that death and taxes are unavoidable, good tax policies can help delay the inevitable. So-called sin taxes on alcohol, tobacco, sugar, and other harmful products can raise revenues and reduce public healthcare spending. In this podcast, economist Christoph Rosenb ...  Show more

African economies began tapping into overseas markets for funding in the early 2000s, after debt burdens had been alleviated by the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative. However, surging interest rates on dollar- and euro-denominated loans in recent years have prompte ...  Show more

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has this week downgraded its forecast for global growth warning “the worst is yet to come and, for many people 2023 will feel like a recession”. The fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased inflation, forced central banks to ra ...  Show more

Enjoyed the podcast? Comment below! 💬  Subscribe to Economics Explained Youtube Channel 👉 https://bit.ly/sub2ee   Canada is one of the wealthiest economies in the world today, but the OECD forecasts that the country will stagnate and is poised for the lowest growth of any advanc ...  Show more

Wirtschaft muss wachsen – deshalb braucht es von allem ständig mehr. Unternehmen profitieren von der Dynamik, Staaten finanzieren so die Altersvorsorge. Die Kehrseite: Übernutzung und Dichtestress. Können wir nicht anders oder wollen wir nicht? Bald schon könnten 10 Millionen Men ...  Show more

When it comes to economics, there are a bunch of different schools to choose from, but pretty much all of them are focused on boosting growth. Except, that is, for the degrowth movement, which aims to refocus economics away from GDP. As more and more complaints about "late-stage ...  Show more