Macroeconomics of Austerity | Hans-Werner Sinn

Panel Discussion with Lawrence Summers, Olivier Blanchard, and Hans-Werner Sinn, AEA Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, January 4th, 2014

The panel discussion was preceded by lectures by Andrew G. Haldane, Hans-Werner Sinn, Simon Johnson, and Maurice M. Obstfeld.

Presentation "Austerity in Europe" by Hans-Werner Sinn (Video)

Webcast (all presentations and panel discussion on "macroeconomics of austerity") at www.aeaweb.org

Details on the programme

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Germany is the sick man of Europe, Ifo Institute says

09/01/2023 - 09:00 Hans-Werner Sinn, president emeritus of the Ifo institute, discusses the German economy and explains how the energy transition must be managed to support the country's manufacturing sector.Watch the video

COVID as a Natural Experiment for Climate Policy

06/14/2023 - 09:00 The COVID-19 pandemic served as a real-world experiment for assessing the mechanics of multilateral and unilateral climate policies. Read more

Lars P. Feld, Professor of Economics, University of Freiburg, Personal Advisor of German Minister of Finance Christian Lindner and former Head of the German Council of Economic Advisors:

04/05/2023 - 09:00 "... in a now-famous Christmas Lecture in December 2020, Hans-Werner Sinn of the University of Munich warned that the eurozone’s highly expansionary fiscal and monetary policy mix would lead to a future of higher inflation." He was "visionary". Read the full article "Why Inflation Persists" by Lars P. Feld

The Japan Times: "Accounting for Casino Capitalism"

04/04/2023 - 09:00 The spectacular collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) – the second-largest bank failure in US history – has evoked memories of the 2008 collapse of Lehman Brothers, which sparked the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.Read more

Aby bylo jasno: Ruský plyn teče do Německa přes turecko

02/27/2023 - 09:00 Euro úspory neochrání. Zelení berou globální oteplování jako náboženství. Musíme dělat reálpolitiku.Watch the video

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Professor em. Hans-Werner Sinn, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, and President em., Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Hans-Werner Sinn is President emeritus at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research and Professor at the University of Munich. He founded and governed the international CESifo research network ... Read more