Why our public debt needs to be reduced
Marc De Vos and Ivan Van de Cloot explain why the Belgian public debt is problematic. We will over many years, unfortunately, have to pay the debt bill of the past in order to build the future.
Hooray for the European criticism!
The intervention of the European commission is to be considered a sign of progress on the road towards European integration and a positive consequence of the current crisis.
In Europe, we need to move!
Laurent Hanseeuw recalls the issue of factor mobility, and labor mobility in particular, in the constitution of an optimal currency zone. When comparing to the US, European workers are reluctant to move, even in their own state.
Happiness and politics: a plea for bright thinking
Saying that the height of the GDP is our best standard for well-being, is just as twisted reasoned as saying that the Gross National Happiness is our best standard, argues Frank Vandenbroucke in a reaction to the discussion essay by Marc De Vos on happiness and politics.
VAT reduction for restaurants: who benefits?
Laurent Hanseeuw and Jean Hindriks analyze the effects of a VAT reduction for the catering industry, introduced in Belgium in 2010. First, they review the economic fundamentals pleading for such a favorable rate.
VAT reduction for the catering industry: who benefits?
Laurent Hanseeuw and Jean Hindriks analyze the effects of a VAT reduction for the catering industry, introduced in Belgium in 2010. First, they review the economic fundamentals pleading for such a favorable rate.
VAT reduction for the catering industry: who benefits?
Laurent Hanseeuw and Jean Hindriks analyze the effects of a VAT reduction for the catering industry, introduced in Belgium in 2010.
The 2012 budgetary control is not the end, just the beginning
Also between 2013 and 2015 the budgetary measures of the government agreement will not come up to the mark.
Less trains is not the solution
It is inconceivable to weaken rail transport in Belgium as the demographic, economic en environmental needs push us rather to strengthen it. How to justify then the suppression of almost 200 trains by December 2012?
