Lessons from the Crisis

Prof. Dr. Hans Tietmeyer: The Banking Crisis is a Crisis of Confidence

TietmeyerThe former president of the Bundesbank and chairman of the INSM board of trustees, Prof. Hans Tietmeyer, commented on the current banking crisis in an interview with VDI News. The INSM documents excerpts from this interview.


 

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Renaissance of the Social Market Economy

The market economy has often been declared dead—and yet it has emerged stronger from every crisis.

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The Financial Crisis - What Went Wrong?

It all started when the US Federal Reserve circulated far too much money in order to stimulate the economy.

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Inflation Harms the Economy

LiquiditaetsschwemmeIn recent years, the US Federal Reserve had criminally neglected the political principle that “inflation harms the economy” and allowed bubbles to form when the banks loaned money at low interest rates.

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Price Stability Ensures Social Peace

GeldpolitischeFehlerLudwig Erhard was already aware that the subject of price stability contained a social component that could not be underestimated.

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Artificial Boom in the Real Estate Market

ZweitrangigeKrediteUSASecond-class real estate loans, so-called subprime mortgages, triggered the misery. The reason is different:

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