http://stage.insm.de/en.html http://stage.insm.de/en/Social-Market-Economy/ECB-chief-Draghi-at-Ludwig-Erhard-Lecture.html The Italian Mario Draghi uses his first appearance in Berlin as new president of the European Central Bank (ECB) to justify the latest monetary policies and does not forget to praise politicians. Furthermore, an essay competition in honor of the 80th birthday of Prof. Dr. Hans Tietmeyer, chairman of the board of trustees of the INSM, was created at the IX. Ludwig Erhard Lecture. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://stage.insm.de/en/Social-Market-Economy/ECB-chief-Draghi-at-Ludwig-Erhard-Lecture.html Johannes Eber 2011-12-14T23:00:00Z http://stage.insm.de/en/Labor/Germany-Needs-the-Project-Full-Employment.html Full employment is within reach – this was the consensus at a discussion organized by the Initiative for a New Social Market Economy (INSM) in Berlin. The route, however, remained controversial. The market-based dialogue is a series of events organized by the INSM. This time, the dialogue featured the two labor market politicians and members of parliament Brigitte Pothmer (The Greens) and Dr. Carsten Linnemann (CDU). Also present were the economist Prof. Thomas Straubhaar from the Hamburg Institute for the World Economy (HWWI) and Prof. Gustav Horn from the Institute for Macroeconomics and Cyclical Analysis (IMK). Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://stage.insm.de/en/Labor/Germany-Needs-the-Project-Full-Employment.html 2011-11-14T23:00:00Z http://stage.insm.de/en/Labor/Paqu----Minimum-wages-risk-the-accomplishments-on-the-labor-market-.html INSM-ambassador Karl-Heinz Paqué is dean of the faculty of economic sciences at the Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg. On INSM.de he explains why a comprehensive wage floor would jeopardize the accomplishments on the labor market that have been achieved in recent times. And why studies that allegedly prove that industry-wide minimum wages do not jeopardize jobs are not an argument for the introduction of a comprehensive wage floor. Tue, 08 Nov 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://stage.insm.de/en/Labor/Paqu----Minimum-wages-risk-the-accomplishments-on-the-labor-market-.html Karl-Heinz Paqué 2011-11-08T23:00:00Z http://stage.insm.de/en/Labor/Minimum-Wages-are-Unsocial--CDU-CSU-Plans-Breach-Market-Based-Rules.html The Initiative for a New Social Market Economy (INSM) has great concerns about the minimum wage plans of the CDU. “A statutory minimum wage now means to change course just when the great goal of full employment has come within sight”, says INSM chief executive Hubertus Pellengahr. Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://stage.insm.de/en/Labor/Minimum-Wages-are-Unsocial--CDU-CSU-Plans-Breach-Market-Based-Rules.html 2011-10-30T23:00:00Z http://stage.insm.de/en/Taxes---Finances/Brandenburg-Berlin-is-most-dynamic--Bavaria-has-highest-economic-standard.html The region of Brandenburg-Berlin has undergone a particularly good economic development in the time between 2007 and 2010. Baden-Württemberg was hit hard by the crisis and ranks at the bottom of the comparison of economic dynamics. The ninth Federal State Ranking was conducted by the Initiative for a New Social Market Economy (INSM) and the magazine WirtschaftsWoche (WiWo) and was published on Friday, 24th of June 2011 in Berlin. Looking at the absolute economic levels though, Baden-Württemberg retains its position among the three leading federal states. In 2011 the leader of this group is Bavaria. Baden-Württemberg comes in second and thus beats Hamburg which came in third. Thu, 23 Jun 2011 22:00:00 GMT http://stage.insm.de/en/Taxes---Finances/Brandenburg-Berlin-is-most-dynamic--Bavaria-has-highest-economic-standard.html 2011-06-23T22:00:00Z http://stage.insm.de/en/Social-Affairs/Survey--Additional-Health-Insurance-Premiums-Cause-Little-Competition.html Thus far, the additional insurance premiums have not led to more competition among the statutory health insurances. Only very few insurants switch their health insurance if their current one demands additional premiums. Such is the result of a representative survey by IW-consult, a subsidiary of the Institute of the German Economy Cologne (IW). The study was conducted on behalf of the Initiative for a New Social Market Economy (INSM) and the magazine WirtschaftsWoche. Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:00:00 GMT http://stage.insm.de/en/Social-Affairs/Survey--Additional-Health-Insurance-Premiums-Cause-Little-Competition.html By Marc Feist 2011-06-16T22:00:00Z http://stage.insm.de/en/Labor/Full-Employment-Tower-in-Berlin.html This May, only 2.960.000 persons were unemployed in Germany. The number thus dropped below the three million mark which makes the current estimate the best May reading since 20 years. Unfortunately, however, the federal agency for labor and trade associations also declared that more and more sectors and regions are lacking skilled labor. The INSM has built a full employment tower in Berlin to symbolize what would happen if the skilled labor gap is not closed as fast as possible. Mon, 30 May 2011 22:00:00 GMT http://stage.insm.de/en/Labor/Full-Employment-Tower-in-Berlin.html 2011-05-30T22:00:00Z http://stage.insm.de/en/Taxes---Finances/Debt-Brake-Forces-German-Federal-States-to-Change-Course.html In future years, German federal states (Bundesländer) must take additional and substantive austerity measures. This is due to the requirements of the debt brake which is now part of the German Basic Law. Such is the result of the “Debt Check Bundesländer” – an analysis of the Institute of the German Economy Cologne (IW) that was conducted on behalf of the Initiative for a New Social Market Economy (INSM). Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://stage.insm.de/en/Taxes---Finances/Debt-Brake-Forces-German-Federal-States-to-Change-Course.html 2011-03-09T23:00:00Z http://stage.insm.de/en/Taxes---Finances/Businesses-Demand-Quick-Implementation-of-the-Tax-simplification-Reform.html Thus far, the government program “Bureaucracy reduction and better law-making” has not led to substantial bureaucratic relief for businesses. Such is the result of a representative company-survey conducted by IW-Consult, a subsidiary company of the Institute for the German Economy (IW) in Cologne. The survey was conducted in the name of the Initiative for a New Social Market Economy (INSM) and the magazine WirtschaftsWoche. Subject of the survey were 760 companies from the industrial- and the industry-related service sector. Two thirds of the respondents were not able to report any bureaucratic relief as a result of the government reform. On the contrary, one third declared that the reform had led to more stresses and strains. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://stage.insm.de/en/Taxes---Finances/Businesses-Demand-Quick-Implementation-of-the-Tax-simplification-Reform.html 2011-02-11T23:00:00Z