ifo Annual Meeting 2024
Great Hall of the LMU Munich, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
The social market economy in 2049 – what will become of our prosperity and who will share in it?
Like no other economic system, the social market economy stands for the successful combination of economic efficiency and social balance; it is regarded as the foundation for prosperity and stability in Germany. Competition, which keeps prices low, and welfare state protection are intended to keep the “size of the economic pie” and the “evenness of its distribution” in the best possible balance. This endeavor makes the social market economy an economic system that enables broad participation in prosperity and offers support to those who are dependent on solidarity-based assistance. The model has proven itself since the Second World War, even if the further development of the social market economy remains the subject of controversial debate.
On the occasion of the ifo Institute’s 75th anniversary, we want to reflect on how we can use this guiding principle to overcome important future challenges. What further developments of the social market economy are necessary to ensure that prosperity continues to grow and reaches all sections of the population?
Program
| 1:00 p.m. |
Welcome Prof. Davide Cantoni, PhD Dean of the Faculty of Economics at LMU Munich |
| 1:05 p.m. |
Greeting Tobias Gotthardt Bavarian State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Regional Development, and Energy |
| 1:10 p.m. |
Introduction Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Clemens Fuest President of the ifo Institute |
| 1:45 p.m. |
Keynote speech Christian Lindner German Federal Minister of Finance |
| 3:15 p.m. |
Panel discussion Dr. Simone Bagel-Trah |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Lecture “ifo Institute: 75 Years on the Pulse of Economic Policy” Prof. Dr. Albrecht Ritschl |
| 5:15 p.m. |
End of the public part, exhibition on ifo history |
Members’ Meeting and Meeting of the Board of Trustees
The members’ meeting and the meeting of the Board of Trustees form the non-public part of the Annual General Meeting 2024 and will take place starting at 10:30 a.m. The ifo Annual Report 2023 will be presented at this meeting.
Livestream and Video Documentation
The public part of the ifo Annual General Meeting will be broadcast live on the internet. The video recording can be viewed in the media library a few days after the event.
Link to the ifo live player: www.ifo.de/live
