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Read this korrent: Germany's constitutional debt brake will not be reformed.
Germany's constitutional debt brake will not be reformed.
Last stated 2 years ago
4 Mar 2025
FM
Friedrich Merz — holds since 2025-02-25 — tap for who they are
FM
Friedrich Merz — no longer holds since 2025-03-04 — tap for who they are
In tension: The main obstacle to sound fiscal policy debate is a widespread, quasi-religious belief that public debt is inherently bad. — tap to centre the map on it
The main obstacle to sound fiscal policy debate is a widespread, quasi-religious belief that public debt is inherently bad.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
OB
Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Germany will provide whatever money the Bundeswehr needs to become the strongest conventional army in Europe. — tap to centre the map on it
Germany will provide whatever money the Bundeswehr needs to become the strongest conventional army in Europe.
Last stated a year ago
14 May 2025
FM
Friedrich Merz — holds since 2025-05-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements. — tap to centre the map on it
Reducing trade deficits and reviving manufacturing would not end the resentment fueling right-wing authoritarian movements.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
PK
Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The former East Germany is no longer a deeply economically depressed region. — tap to centre the map on it
The former East Germany is no longer a deeply economically depressed region.
Last stated today
7 Sept 2026
PK
Paul Krugman — holds since 2026-09-07 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The real danger of high government debt is the policy errors it provokes, not a debt crisis. — tap to centre the map on it
The real danger of high government debt is the policy errors it provokes, not a debt crisis.
Last stated a week ago
28 Aug 2026
BC
Ben Carlson — holds since 2026-08-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The AfD is the only hope for Germany. — tap to centre the map on it
The AfD is the only hope for Germany.
Last stated 3 weeks ago
19 Aug 2026
EM
Elon Musk — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The talk of history 'returning' to Europe is a symptom of disorientation among its elites, not evidence of a new realism. — tap to centre the map on it
The talk of history 'returning' to Europe is a symptom of disorientation among its elites, not evidence of a new realism.
Last stated 3 months ago
21 Jun 2026
AT
Adam Tooze — holds since 2026-06-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Quantitative rules are not a reliable tool for ensuring government debt sustainability. — tap to centre the map on it
Quantitative rules are not a reliable tool for ensuring government debt sustainability.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
OB
Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Europe's crises were predictable and overdetermined, not the unforeseeable shocks that the 'return of history' story makes of them. — tap to centre the map on it
Europe's crises were predictable and overdetermined, not the unforeseeable shocks that the 'return of history' story makes of them.
Last stated 3 months ago
21 Jun 2026
AT
Adam Tooze — holds since 2026-06-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: 'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting. — tap to centre the map on it
'As long as it takes' lacks urgency, and it is a formula available to Ukraine's allies precisely because they are not the ones doing the fighting.
Last stated 11 months ago
10 Oct 2025
LF
Lawrence Freedman — holds since 2025-10-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible. — tap to centre the map on it
A ceasefire along the current lines would end the killing and still leave a long-term settlement between Russia and Ukraine possible.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
26 Aug 2026
BM
Branko Milanovic — holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted. — tap to centre the map on it
A nation of a million people cannot rule hundreds of millions by warfare; the Mongol Empire lasted because it offered its subjects things they actually wanted.
Last stated a year ago
31 Jul 2025
JW
Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are
Same subject: American talk of Canada not being a real country echoes the way the Kremlin spoke about Ukraine, and marks Canadian sovereignty as the real issue. — tap to centre the map on it
American talk of Canada not being a real country echoes the way the Kremlin spoke about Ukraine, and marks Canadian sovereignty as the real issue.
Last stated a week ago
30 Aug 2026
TS
Timothy Snyder — holds since 2026-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Believing that Trump might yet help Ukraine is not harmless optimism: it is part of a manoeuvre that buys Putin time. — tap to centre the map on it
Believing that Trump might yet help Ukraine is not harmless optimism: it is part of a manoeuvre that buys Putin time.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
23 Aug 2026
PO
Phillips P. OBrien — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Digital finance has become a weapon of war, as shown by the financial deplatforming of groups like Canadian truckers and Russians. — tap to centre the map on it
Digital finance has become a weapon of war, as shown by the financial deplatforming of groups like Canadian truckers and Russians.
Last stated 2 months ago
12 Jul 2026
BS
Balaji Srinivasan — holds since 2026-07-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A bank should be managed against the fat tails it can imagine, not against the stress test its regulator hands it. — tap to centre the map on it
A bank should be managed against the fat tails it can imagine, not against the stress test its regulator hands it.
Last stated a year ago
16 Jul 2025
JD
Jamie Dimon — holds since 2025-07-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output. — tap to centre the map on it
A fiscal expansion when the economy is already at potential output prompts monetary tightening that dampens or eliminates its effect on output.
Last stated 4 years ago
1 Jun 2022
OB
Olivier Blanchard — holds since 2022-06-01 — tap for who they are
in tension same subject or similar wording a cloud: claims about one subject, named for it bar: when it was last stated, on a scale from 2015 to today — full is today a face: someone on record holding the claim — tap it for who they are faded, dashed ring: they no longer hold it — they changed their mind