Reform? But we are Germans
IT IS not so easy to be gemütlich when the dismal science rules your land. News headlines in Germany seldom stray far from budgets, pensions and other economic trials. In this sober setting, one issue is a true headline-grabber: tax reform. The idea is that a radical change of the tax system can put the economy right at a stroke. But since few agree on how this magic can be worked, its true attraction is that it appears to be the ultimate gauge of how far Germany is capable of reform.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Reform? But we are Germans”
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