Economy

A Spanish woman who lives in Switzerland is not shy when talking about what an electrician charges: "About 270 euros an hour, and to fix a pipe they can charge you 600 euros. If I know that, I'll take an electrician's course."

A Spanish woman who lives in Switzerland is not shy when talking about what an electrician charges: “About 270 euros an hour, and to fix a pipe they can charge you 600 euros. If I know that, I’ll take an electrician’s course.”

Switzerland is one of the countries where the cost of living is among the highest in Europe. This reality, driven by a highly regulated labor market and high salaries, means that more technical trades, such as electricity, masonry or plumbing, are recognized and well paidif compared with those of other ...

Carlos Rodríguez Braun (75 years old), economist: “the Government made an electoral calculation, it knows that resources are limited and said, we are going to reward pensioners at the expense of workers"

Carlos Rodríguez Braun (75 years old), economist: “the Government made an electoral calculation, it knows that resources are limited and said, we are going to reward pensioners at the expense of workers"

Carlos Rodríguez Braun (Buenos Aires, 1948) has a long career behind him as a writer, professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and collaborator in different media, in programs specialized in economics. He has just published ‘Liberal Gregerias’ (LID Editorial), a book in which he ironically talks about the current ...

Social Security refuses to grant absolute permanent disability to a bricklayer with liver cirrhosis because he can work on something that does not require so much effort: confirmed by justice

Social Security refuses to grant absolute permanent disability to a bricklayer with liver cirrhosis because he can work on something that does not require so much effort: confirmed by justice

The Superior Court of Justice of Aragon has ruled in favor of the National Social Security Institute (INSS) and has refused to grant the permanent disability pension in its absolute degree to a bricklayer with liver cirrhosis. He has done so by upholding his appeal against a court in Zaragoza ...