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Overview of Topics

  1. Inflation
  2. Monetary Policy and Finance
    • Target Balances
    • Seignorage
    • Bank Regulation
    • German State Banks
    • Guarantor Liability and Deposit Protection
  3. European Union
    • Brexit Debate
    • Euro Crisis
    • Greece
    • Political Union
    • Systems Competition
  4. World Economy
    • World Debt Crisis
    • Financial Market Crisis
    • Secular Stagnation
    • Globalisation
    • Bazaar Economy / Pathological Export Boom
  5. Population Economics
    • Demographics
    • Migration
    • Pension Insurance System
  6. Energy and Climate Policy
    • Green Energy
    • Green Paradox
  7. Public Finance
    • Taxation
    • Motorway Toll
  8. Labour Market / Welfare State
    • Welfare State
    • Welfare to Work
    • Minimum Wage
    • Extended Working Hours
    • Labour Demand
    • Employee Co-participation / Share Option Program
  9. German Unification
  10. Critique of Capitalism
  11. Miscellaneous
    • The BLOOS Rule / Gamble for Resurrection
    • Decisions under Uncertainty

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The Economics of Target Balances

Hans-Werner Sinn, The Economics of Target Balances, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 146 pages.

Vortrag: Der Extremismus in der Energiepolitik am Beispiel Deutschlands & der EU - IWP @ Universität Luzern

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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

 

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Ludwig Maximilian University Munich and
President em. Ifo Institute for Economic Research
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E-Mail: sinn@ifo.de

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