L’électricité gratuite pour les pauvres: une mesure médiatique
La Belgique paie plus cher son électricité que les pays voisins. Le ministre wallon de l’énergie propose la gratuité en dessous de 500Kwh.
Prosperity
Itinera gaat voor een samenleving waar het aangenaam is om te leven, waar frisse, ambitieuze ideeën de kans krijgen uit te groeien tot duurzame ondernemingen, waar onderwijs jongeren klaarstoomt en zin geeft, en waar innovaties transformeren in succesvolle producten in een economie die blijft bloeien.
Subsidies for Arcelor?
The textile sector survived its crisis because of a reorientation towards higher valued added segments. This is also the kind of transformation the steel sector needs to go through in the context of a new industrial policy.
The optimal size of government: beyond ideology
On the optimal size of government, ideological differences are rampant. The challenge is to objectify for all divisions of government both benefits and costs.
A reform of the rating agencies after all ?
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.
The cost of the political system
It remains crucial to manage the administration as efficiently as possible, which is not the case in Belgium today.
A little bit of French political history
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.
Wanted: energy system architect with strong hand
The evolution towards a 100% Renewable energy system will not bring independence since we fully depend on technological evolutions realized by other economic agents.
Energy prices and purchasing power; how the Di Rupo government selectively communicates about less relevant issues
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.
Wanted: energy system architect with strong hand
The evolution towards a 100% Renewable energy system will not bring independence since we fully depend on technological evolutions realized by other economic agents.
