And every day the same old story: stagnation, loss of prosperity or the threat of economic decline are just some of the facets of the interest-driven obituary for 'Austria as a business location' that accompanies us at irregular intervals. On closer inspection, however, this can at best be seen as a marketing gimmick. Austria proves to be a robust and competitive business location that, in addition to economic performance and ecological sustainability, focuses above all on social balance. The latter can even be seen as the success formula of Austria as a business location. Reason enough to follow up on the doomsday prophecies about the erosion of the welfare state and the reduction of welfare state contributions in the context of the seminar and subject them to an interest-based political analysis.










