Publications

In a poll administered in the US in 2020, 40 percent of individuals expressed a favorable view of socialism. This result is sharper for younger generations – 35 percent of…

WP 2022-03. Executive Summary We study the causal effects of household tax credits on the willingness to demand legally provided services using a survey experiment among 670 German home owners.…

WP 2022-02. Exectutive Summary Whether the household or the individual should be the appropriate unit for the assessment of taxation is contested in economics. We argue that the household should…

As part of the White House 2023 fiscal year budget, President Joe Biden announced the introduction of a new tax on the wealthiest Americans: the “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax.” The…

The idea of ​​providing an unconditional income to everyone, regardless of whether «the person is rich or poor, lives alone or with others, is willing to work or not» (Van…

Corona bonuses for the public sector, mask vouchers for pensioners, and state-subsidized family vacations – feel-good policies are making a big comeback in the wake of the pandemic. However, the administrative, marketing, and procurement…

History is full of prophecies that have proved wrong. Among these, the one elaborated by the American political scientist Francis Fukuyama about 30 years ago certainly deserves a prominent place.…

Tech has been on a tear for 15 years, and European financial technology (fintech) has been encouraged for multiple reasons, not the least of which is that the financial authorities…

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the world’s most comprehensive and intrusive data privacy law. It applies to all enterprises in the European Union (EU) that handle consumer data…

In our previous essay we argued that “neoliberalism,” the version of modern democratic capitalism featuring markets and trade guided by powerful, global public institutions, should not be confused with the…