More money to defense and cuts in health care. Those are the broad outlines of the Central Planning Bureau's run-through of political parties' plans. But what does the small print say?
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In the run-up to the Lower House elections, Hollands Welvaren interviews electable politicians who know about money. What are their plans? How do we keep the Netherlands prosperous? Do they want a bigger government that provides more...
The government redistributes more than 200 billion euros to its citizens every year. That makes the Netherlands the most equally wealthy country in the world. But the strain is really off now....
Calls are growing for a National Investment Bank. With it, 100 billion euros could be invested in the Dutch economy. But the Netherlands already abounds in solid banks; what is missing are dúrfinvesteringen....
The last election was about migration on television and social media. But in the financial inserts, they were about something very different: how do we make corporations pay an even larger share of our welfare state? Are there any politicians this time who dare to stand up for corporations?....
After years of neglect, politicians are finally paying attention to the crumbling business climate. So will everything be all right now? That's going to be tricky. Because these same politicians have in recent years become addicted to appeasing...