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von Tobias Weidmann, Kantonsrat SVP/ZH, HettlingenErsterscheinung am 27. Februar 2025 im Zürcher Boten Der Nobelpreisträger Milton Friedman war einer der einflussreichsten Ökonomen des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine Theorien zu Staatsausgaben, Steuern und Inflation sind heute aktueller denn je. Besonders seine Warnung, dass höhere Staatseinnahmen niemals zu einem Abbau des Defizits führen dürfen, ist in Zürich Realität geworden. Ein Blick auf das Budget 2025 des Kantons Zürich zeigt: Die...

A paradigm is a mental framework. It has a both a positive pressure and a negative filter. It structures one’s thoughts, orients them in a certain direction, and rules out certain ideas. Paradigms can be very useful, for example the scientific method directs one to begin with facts, explain them in a consistent way, and to ignore peyote dreams from the smoke lodge and claims of mental spoon-bending. However, a paradigm can also prevent one from discovering an...

Last week, we wrote that regulations, taxes, environmental compliance, and fear of lawsuits forces companies to put useless ingredients into their products. We said: “For example, milk comes from the ingredients of: land, cows, ranch labor, dairy labor, dairy capital equipment, distribution labor, distribution capital, and consumable containers.” There are eight necessary ingredients, without which milk cannot be...

Last week, I ranted about the problem with our monetary system and trajectory: falling interest rates is Keynes’ evil genius plan to destroy civilization. This week, I continue the theme—if in a more measured tone—addressing the ideas predominant among the groups who are most likely to fight against Keynes’ destructionism. They are: the capitalists, the gold bugs, and the otherwise-free-marketers. I do not write this to...