Kees de Kort and Lex Hoogduin on failing climate policy, the mental crisis and a makeable society

Paul Buitink talks with Lex Hoogduin and Kees de Kort about the makeable society and government intervention. According to both, central banks are holding themselves hostage to the market too much. The lack of consequences and corrections due to the intervention of central banks and the government is bad for our economy and a consequence of our mental crisis.

Many politicians and academics in the Netherlands argue that all the problems we face are the result of excessive market forces. Lex and Kees strongly disagree with this, there is too little market forces and the government has only grown. According to Lex, the Netherlands is a corporatist welfare state.

They also discuss the shortcomings of climate policy. According to Kees, it is no coincidence that there is no good overview of the costs of the energy transition.

According to Lex, the EU growth model has stalled. If we continue in this way, we will become, at best, an ever-sinking Latin EU.