Jesse Frederik

Economics correspondent at De Correspondent

Mission

I want to show how seemingly minor policies have the biggest impacts, while examining overhyped narratives in politics and the news.

Now

I'm writing about obscure Dutch tax rules.

Stories

Biography

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Your car has a weight problem and we need to regulate it

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Coming right up after the break ... why most TV ads are a waste of money

The (non)sense of online advertising: when the numbers don’t add up

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The new dot com bubble is here: it’s called online advertising