The conflicts of interests in which rating agencies are entangled will only be remedied if one ends the problem of moral hazard. If a rating agency is remunerated for a good advice but is not affected when it gives disastrous advice then very little will change.
It remains crucial to manage the administration as efficiently as possible, which is not the case in Belgium today.
Economic liberalism as the creation and fostering of free markets, the lowering of tariffs and of taxes, was actually a kind of French intellectual invention.
The evolution towards a 100% Renewable energy system will not bring independence since we fully depend on technological evolutions realized by other economic agents.
As of January 1st 2013 the freezing of natural gas and electricity prices will end. Itinera takes stock at the end of 2012.
Belgium has high consumer prices and high taxes. This problematic combination endangers the purchasing power of households and the competitiveness of our companies. Instead of structural measures the government temporarily installed maximum prices.
Jasper Dag Tjaden presents an international comparison of education outcomes and policies for immigrants
Professor Dirk Jacobs (ULB) presents the situation of migrants and their children in the Belgian education system.
The evolution towards a 100% Renewable energy system will not bring independence since we fully depend on technological evolutions realized by other economic agents.
