Philipp Hartmann, Glenn Schepens 12 May 2021
The 2020 ECB Forum on Central Banking addressed some key issues from the ongoing monetary policy strategy review and embedded them in discussions of major structural changes in advanced economies and the post-COVID recovery. In this column, two of the organisers highlight some of the main points from the papers and debates, including whether globalisation is reversing, implications of climate change, options for formulating the ECB s inflation aim, challenges with informal monetary policy communication, relationships between financial stability and monetary policy, how to make a monetary policy framework robust to deflation or inflation traps and the role of fiscal policy for the recovery from the pandemic.
At nearly 92, Juergen Habermas is still advocating for a robust and transparent civil society. Now Germany's greatest living intellectual has rejected a book award from the United Arab Emirates. Stuart Braun has the details
Will Skillman Fellow in Education A child walks by graffiti on H St. NW, on Monday, June 1, 2020, after weekend protests sparked by the death of George Floyd occurred near the White House. Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc / Getty Images
Key Takeaways
CRT theorists see capitalism’s disparities as a function of race, not class. Capitalism, all the leading CRT proponents believe, is therefore “racist.”
CRT intellectuals are trying to change the view that racism is an individual issue, and insist it is systemic, in order to get society to change the entire system.
The purpose of the CRT training programs, and the curricula, is now to create enough bad associations with the white race.
Jürgen Habermas, the philosopher who rejected a €225,000 prize
At 91, he is still advocating for a robust and transparent civil society. Now Germany s greatest living intellectual has rejected an award from the United Arab Emirates.
Jürgen Habermas
The celebrated German philosopher Jürgen Habermas will turn 92 next month, yet he remains firmly in the public eye after he accepted, then rejected, a controversial award from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week.
Having decided to accept the Sheikh Zayed Book Award which made him Cultural Personality of the Year 2021 and €225,000 ($271,000) richer Habermas turned it down on Sunday over concerns about human rights in the Gulf nation.