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flassbeck economics international
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flassbeck economics international is a personal blog at flassbeck-economics.de about economics and politics. Since 2015, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-26, and you can follow it by feed.
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Why HN links it
HN readers link flassbeck economics for heterodox commentary on macroeconomics, including interest rates, deflation, wages and inflation, and a piece on Yanis Varoufakis' resignation interview.
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What Hacker News says?
Sadly, even the chairmen of central banks ignore the most important contribution to inflation: wages. The reason why we have deflation in Japan and Europe despite almost zero rates and even additional quantitative easing is because nominal median wages there are actually falling. It is very easy to make sure to have an inflation of 2%: Just raise the minimum wage 2% each year. Thats it. Example that inflation correl…
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on “Why are interest rates so low?”Submitted Paytime – The refugee crisis will make Germany pay for causing the euro crisis as a story · 1 points
HN discussionHere is biased take on it: http://www.flassbeck-economics.de/the-lies-of-the-ruling-cir...
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on “Yanis Varoufakis' first interview since resigning”
