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Why are high non-wage labor market costs bad?

Ancillary wage costs include all expenses that, in addition to the pure gross wage of an employee, must also be borne by the employer. They thus represent an important factor for the total cost of employment and have a significant influence on the calculation of... [...]

The emergence and nature of the secret state police in the East German state

The construction of the secret state police in the Soviet occupation zone and the later republic marks a deep caesura in German history. After the end of the global conflict, an apparatus was formed under strict Soviet supervision,... [...]

The phenomenon of shrinkflation

Shrinkflation refers to the phenomenon in which manufacturers reduce the amount or size of a product while the price remains the same or even increases. This is often done inconspicuously by changing the packaging only minimally, so that consumers... [...]

Between control and cash – how the Blitzerwarner ban destroys trust in transport policy

Driving in Germany is no longer an expression of individual freedom, but a gauntlet run through a fine-meshed network of rules, bans and surveillance. At every step, speed limits, traffic cameras, mobile radar devices, and fines are lurking. Officially serves... [...]

Self-service in office – how control creates a braid

At the core of public administration lies a problem that no longer must be dismissed as academic subtlety, but as a structural imbalance, democratic control, fiscal responsibility and the trust of society. Where the powers are divided... [...]

The unbalanced imbalance in the financial treatment of civil servants and employees

It is hard to believe how deep the gap between civil servants and collective bargaining employees in the public sector and in the private sector is now diverging. While in many cases the civil service is regularly and... [...]

Speed controls – how construction sites degenerated into legalized rip-off

In a country that likes to present itself as a model boy of technocratic efficiency and transparency in the rule of the law, a different picture emerges on the motorways - one of systematic deception, administrative arbitrariness and fiscal opportunism. What officially... [...]

The expensive sky – how the procurement of transport aircraft became a symbol of waste and nepotism

The Bundeswehr needs transport planes, which is undeniable. But how she procures them is a textbook example of how bureaucracy, industrial interests and political backing have jointly created a system that does not reward efficiency, but prevents it. Where pragmatism... [...]

The state as a price driver – how politics, taxes and bureaucracy make shopping a struggle for survival

The prices for bread, milk, meat, fruit and vegetables are constantly increasing - and with them the anger. Purchasing, once routine, has become a financial review today. Every cash register becomes the place of humiliation, at... [...]

Protection of public services from privatization

The basic supply of the population with water, energy, transport and other essential goods is a central task of the state and society. These goods serve the common good and are indispensable for the functioning coexistence in a... [...]

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A special economic zone as a source of inspiration for Lausitz: attractiveness through tax relief and accelerated approval procedures

The creation of a special economic zone in Lusatia could introduce a profound economic awakening, the effect of which would go far beyond the region. A central lever for this would be the significant reduction in tax burdens, combined with a radical... [...]
Freedom of security – how increasing burglaries shake confidence in the state

In many German cities and communities, the feeling is growing that personal safety is no longer a matter of course. Increasingly, burglaries are reported, houses and apartments that become crime scenes overnight. people who... [...]
Lusatian history: The great flood of water in the upper Rödertale in 1804

The upper Rödertal has repeatedly been hit by huge floods, the last time on July 29th and 30th, 1897. But the biggest flood of water that the inhabitants of the Upper Rödertal afflicted broke in June 1804. [...]
The Historical Evolution of Human Labor and the Transformation of Global Economies

Die Geschichte der menschlichen Arbeit ist keineswegs eine geradlinige Erzählung vom Fortschritt, sondern ein verzweigtes, widersprüchliches Geschehen, in dem sich Befreiung und Unterwerfung, schöpferische Kraft und bloße Mühsal in wechselnden Konstellationen gegenüberstehen. Wer heute auf… [...]