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Alex Mengden

@amengden

Economist interested in growth and progress 📈🚀 Fan of the outdoors 🚴‍♂️🏊‍♂️⛷️🌄 Working on European and international tax policy @taxfoundation

 Berlin, Deutschland
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Joined September 2009
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A lone voice of reason and fiscal responsibility.
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@actsmaniacOct 31
Guy at one of the german Gen Z protests actually had a sign in favor of pension cuts. to be exact it says: "more money for the future instead of boomers, lower pension spending, invest in young people"
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@BeatrizGietnerOct 31
Prof @JesusFerna7026 has the chance to do the scariest thing ever
謀 肇(たばかり はじめ) (@hazimenimodoru) profile picture謀 肇(たばかり はじめ)@hazimenimodoruOct 30
#地味ハロウィン2026 「日本の人口ピラミッド」
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A few years ago, back when we were both in grad school. I don’t think we’ll ever top this. Idea credit @MargRev
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Giant skeletons at the new Day of the Dead celebration in Mexico City. A new cultural event created because they saw it in a Bond movie and thought it looked cool.
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On first blush, I love the idea of increasing competition in the finance and insurance sectors, to both create more options for Canadians, to give our companies access to other markets, and make payments between Canada and Europe more seamless.
Mackenzie Gray (@Gray_Mackenzie) profile pictureMackenzie Gray
@Gray_MackenzieOct 30
Mark Carney say he wants Canada to become an associate member of the EU by June 2027 #cdnpoli Here are some of the concrete examples Canada and the EU gave as what that would actually mean - Canada joining Erasmus+, the students and youth exchange program - They signed a digital trade agreement, that Carney says will make payments between Canada and EU countries easier - They are exploring opening the banking, insurance and fintech sectors up. - Canada is negotiating to join Galileo, which is a global navigation satellite system - They are discussing potential new transatlantic and potentially transarctic data cables, as per Carney
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Replying to @vuorille
All the Germanic languages used to have a method for making verbs causative. Hence these relic pairs: drink/drench cling/clench lie/lay sit/set fall/fell rise/raise (and rear) bite/bait
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Slovenia understood the assignment. Still nine national parliaments left to do the same.
Slovenia to the EU (@SLOtoEU) profile pictureSlovenia to the EU
@SLOtoEUSep 29
🇸🇮 The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia 🇸🇮 today adopted the law ratifying the EU–Canada 🇪🇺-🇨🇦 Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (#CETA), reaffirming Slovenia’s commitment to a strong and rules-based EU trade policy. CETA has been provisionally applied since September 2017.
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„Es ist schockierend, welche Macht Terrorsympathisanten offenbar über eine gewählte Spitzenpolitikerin haben.“ Uff. spiegel.de/politik/deutschla…
Meinung: Die Lage am Morgen - Wer regiert wirklich in Berlin?

Meinung: Die Lage am Morgen - Wer regiert wirklich in Berlin?

Elif Eralp will Berlin regieren und sieht sich bedroht. Das Bahnunglück in Spanien ist schrecklich – aber kein Grund, nicht in den Zug zu steigen. Und VW verkündet mal wieder miese Zahlen. Das ist...

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Perhaps we can focus on getting the remaining 10 national parliaments to finally ratify CETA as a next step so that these ambitions don't just all die in the realm of memes.
Jorge Liboreiro (@JorgeLiboreiro) profile pictureJorge Liboreiro@JorgeLiboreiroOct 28
🚨 Just in: The term "associate membership" has been dropped from the EU-Canada declaration at the insistence of Germany. The concept has been replaced by a commitment to "ever closer association", @BertuzLuca reports. Huge blow for Ursula von der Leyen. euronews.com/2026/10/28/eu-r…
EU removes mention of ‘associate membership’ from Canada declaration

EU removes mention of ‘associate membership’ from Canada declaration

The EU has dropped “associate membership” from the draft EU-Canada summit declaration after German objections, replacing it with “ever closer association”.

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Sorry, the remaining nine national parliaments! Slovenia understood the assignment.
Slovenia to the EU (@SLOtoEU) profile pictureSlovenia to the EU
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🇸🇮 The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia 🇸🇮 today adopted the law ratifying the EU–Canada 🇪🇺-🇨🇦 Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (#CETA), reaffirming Slovenia’s commitment to a strong and rules-based EU trade policy. CETA has been provisionally applied since September 2017.
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@NonicocOct 26
The conference of @theEPCS goes to Warsaw! Call for papers: epcs-home.org/wp-content/upl…
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Helen Miller@HelenMiller_IFSOct 28
fees like lots of fiddling, short-term things, new complications - a 'young entrepreneurs allowance', 'starter ISA', different business rates exemption threshold for retail, leisure & hospitality ... etc . I don't hear a clear, coherent vision or a simplification of tax system
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Sophia Merenz@MerenzSophiaOct 27
Das letzte was du siehst, wenn du am Samstag einen Ziegelstein auch nur schief anschaust
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Bisher fehlt noch ein überzeugender Kandidat für das Bundespräsidentenamt, der die Demokraten und die Generationen einen kann. Das muss nicht so bleiben. @OrdoliberalBG wäre eine spannende und hervorragende Wahl. christophgiesa.substack.com/…
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@kpomerleauOct 26
The French people are rioting because they are dissatisfied with their poorly structured tax code.
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@scottlincicomeOct 26
The US ranks 17th in the @TaxFoundation's 2026 International Tax Competitiveness Index taxfoundation.org/internatio…
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The Eurostar would be much better if we just shifted to on-board passport controls without making passengers stand in line waiting for an hour. That's also how it worked on Swiss cross-border connections before Schengen.
Cal (@SimpGanassi) profile pictureCal@SimpGanassiOct 26
Taking Eurostar for the first time in eight years, have to say I’m not impressed. St. Pancras waiting area is tiny and poorly serviced. Legroom is no better than a plane. You have to arrive sooo early. And it’s not exactly much cheaper than flying (if at all?)
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»The UK’s tax problems are “not really about revenue; it’s about structure,” said Alex Mengden, economist at the Tax Foundation, noting that the overall best performers were those with broader bases and lower distortions.«
FT UK Politics (@ftukpolitics) profile pictureFT UK Politics@ftukpoliticsOct 25
Why is it getting harder to raise taxes in the UK? ft.trib.al/3ksWMQ2
Why is it getting harder to raise taxes in the UK?

Why is it getting harder to raise taxes in the UK?

IMF argues that major reform is needed of Britain’s tax complexity and competitiveness

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Moin! Heute am @kielinstitute um über Transaktionssteuern und Wohnungsmärkte zu sprechen. – at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein
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