Economist interested in growth and progress 📈🚀 Fan of the outdoors 🚴♂️🏊♂️⛷️🌄 Working on European and international tax policy @taxfoundation
Berlin, Deutschland
Joined September 2009
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New (amazing) cabinet directive:
For every $1 in regulatory costs a new rule adds, regulators must cut $2 elsewhere. 👏
They’ll also have to test new rules for competitiveness, default to national or international standards, and review rules regularly.
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Europe’s best ideas need room to grow. Discussed how to make that happen with @EZaharievaEU at #TDS2026.
Estonia leads the EU in startups and unicorns per capita. Our digital government makes doing business easier. A company can be set up online in 30 minutes.
To help more companies succeed globally, Europe needs a stronger Single Market, simpler rules and better access to capital.
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Der @SVR_Wirtschaft hat im letzten Jahresgutachten noch grundlegendere Reformen der Unternehmensteuer gefordert als jetzt gerade in Kanada umgesetzt werden, wurde damit aber in der Bundespolitik geschlossen ignoriert.
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Britain needs to legalise prediction markets.
Why we forbid some of the greatest information discovery machines on the planet from working in the United Kingdom is utterly beyond me.
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German Lieutenant General Christian Freuding is going to become the next Inspecteur General of the German Armed Forces, the equivalent of a 4-Star General respecitively "Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff". Starting February 2027 he will replace General Carsten Breuer.
For several years General Freuding has been head of the Ukraine Joint Situation Center at the German Ministry of Defence. His nomination as Germany's highest ranking soldier underlines Germany's priorities in security questions.
The Autumn budget was a bit of a let-down, with lots of small and often short-termish tweaks.
@crisberechet and I reviewed some of the most important tax changes.
taxfoundation.org/blog/2026-…
Schlechte Nachrichten für die arbeitende Bevölkerung.
+++ Eil +++ Bundesregierung: Renten steigen voraussichtlich um über vier Prozent
kurz.zdf.de/Afn/
Reminder that GST/HST rebates for new homes are less cost effective for encouraging building investment and proper allocation of the existing stock than cutting Ontario's LTT.
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1/8 Wohnraumknappheit kostet Kaufkraft, Investitionen und Wachstum. Heute hat der Wissenschaftliche Beirat beim @BMWE_ sein Gutachten zur Landnutzungs- und Baupolitik vorgestellt. Die zentralen Befunde und Reformvorschläge: bundeswirtschaftsministerium…
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Prof @JesusFerna7026 has the chance to do the scariest thing ever
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A few years ago, back when we were both in grad school. I don’t think we’ll ever top this.
Idea credit @MargRev
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Giant skeletons at the new Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico City. A new cultural event created because they saw it in a Bond movie and thought it looked cool.
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On first blush, I love the idea of increasing competition in the finance and insurance sectors, to both create more options for Canadians, to give our companies access to other markets, and make payments between Canada and Europe more seamless.
Mark Carney say he wants Canada to become an associate member of the EU by June 2027 #cdnpoli
Here are some of the concrete examples Canada and the EU gave as what that would actually mean
- Canada joining Erasmus+, the students and youth exchange program
- They signed a digital trade agreement, that Carney says will make payments between Canada and EU countries easier
- They are exploring opening the banking, insurance and fintech sectors up.
- Canada is negotiating to join Galileo, which is a global navigation satellite system
- They are discussing potential new transatlantic and potentially transarctic data cables, as per Carney