Raising the retirement age appears to be the biggest sticking point for the incoming government. There is significant opposition. But maintaining the status quo is particularly appealing to...
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All political parties want to solve today's problems: invest in housing, invest in the military, invest in nitrogen solutions. But in the future there will be new problems, such as an aging population. So why doesn't any party invest in sound public finances?....
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?
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....
An influential group of officials is advising a coming administration to cut 7 billion euros to keep public finances healthy. In doing so, they are deliberately shifting part of the problem of aging to the future. Is that wise?