Austria is in a much better position than is always claimed

Anyone who compares the constant political lamentation with the results of international studies will be amazed.

In the political (and also in most of the media) debate, it is always Good Friday: Everything is bad, everything is dreary, everything is going down the drain. But now it was Easter, a feast of the Good News. One could take this as an opportunity to counter the bad news with good news.

It’s not without risk. Because anyone who realizes that not everything is bad is immediately suspected of spreading the worst government propaganda. Whereas when you insist that everything…