Excessive compensation, regulators with questionable side jobs, and the potential for massive returns for its financiers. Ever since Frisse Wind filed a class-action lawsuit against Tata Steel, it has been grappling with the rules governing charities and class-action lawsuits....
Public discussions about our economy often focus on Eindhoven’s high-tech success or the problems facing Rotterdam’s industrial sector. But we never really talk about our true economic engine: Amsterdam....
The coalition managed to balance its budget by skimming off virtually all of citizens’ gains in purchasing power over the coming years. But then the Hormuz crisis struck. Are the “freedom contribution” and the higher deductible actually politically feasible?...
No political party dares to question the ever-more-expensive welfare state. But the VVD’s youth wing, JOVD, is now making waves. According to them, the AOW should be abolished, mortgage interest deductions and rental subsidies should be eliminated, and healthcare spending should be cut....
The debate over inheritance tax flared up again this week. But while most Dutch people would like to see it raised, the very wealthiest have been quietly circumventing it for years. They give billions to their children every year to avoid inheritance tax....
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