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Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics
Economist
Statement — 14 August 2023

Is long-term economic growth compatible with ecologically sustainable development? This question stands as one of the most debated issues of our time. Over the past decades, growth driven by economic liberalization and globalization has brought prosperity to billions and reduced global poverty. However, this positive trajectory has come at a high cost to the environment and the depletion of natural resources. The limitations of economic growth at the expense of the environment are evident. Sustainable economic prosperity can only be achieved in the long run if it is coupled with ecological sustainability.

Statement — 13 June 2023

Debates about the number of working days per week are nothing unusual in Germany. In the 1950s, the six-day week was the norm until the unions pushed through the reduction of working hours with the slogan “On Saturday, daddy belongs to me.” After many decades in which the five-day week was the norm, Germany and other countries are now intensively discussing the introduction of a four-day week.

ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys
Specialist
ifo Center for Industrial Organization and New Technologies
Economist
Statement — 15 May 2023

Germany’s energy policymakers are currently in the process of passing what’s known as the Energy Efficiency Act. In doing so, they are following the requirements of an EU directive. Contrary to the name, this law does not primarily regulate energy efficiency; rather, it caps the country’s total energy consumption. Final energy consumption is to be reduced significantly by 2030: by 26.5 percent compared with consumption in 2008, and by around 22 percent compared with today. It does not matter whether the energy comes from climate-neutral sources (such as wind or sun) or from fossil fuels.

ifo Center for Labor and Demographic Economics
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
Statement — 12 April 2023

What is the future of Germany’s economic model? The Russian attack on Ukraine has triggered a debate about the further development of prosperity in Germany. 

Statement — 4 April 2023

The crises at Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse have shaken the world of finance. While policymakers and central banks are being placatory, the markets are not calming down. Banks that very recently seemed healthy are running into liquidity problems. 

Statement — 24 March 2023

The current crises have led to a debate about the future of Germany’s business model and German industry. Rising energy prices, disrupted foreign trade, and the US IRA subsidy program raise the question of what needs to be done to maintain Germany’s competitiveness as a location for companies and highly productive jobs.

Ludwig Erhard ifo Center for Social Market Economy and Institutional Economics
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
Executive Department
Assistant to the Executive Board
ifo Center for International Institutional Comparisons and Migration Research
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
Research Group Taxation and Fiscal Policy, ifo Center for Macroeconomics and Surveys
Junior Economist and Doctoral Student
Finances and Centralized Services
Facility Management Manager
LMU-ifo Economics & Business Data Center
Junior Research Group Leader and Coordinator in Big Data, LMU-ifo Economics & Business Data Center (EBDC)
Statement — 21 March 2023

Europe is seeing a renaissance in industrial policy. Industrial policy usually involves influencing an economy’s sectoral development by means of subsidies, partial state ownership of companies, or regulations. It can also include promoting mergers of companies to form national champions – large companies which are supposed to conquer the world’s markets with their governments’ support. It’s also common to bar foreign investors from taking over domestic companies that are deemed strategically important.

Statement — 13 March 2023

There is currently intense debate in many countries about a shortage of skilled workers. For instance in Germany, despite record employment figures, according to surveys by the ifo Institute, close to 50 percent of companies say they are constrained by a shortage of skilled workers ¬– also an all-time high. From an economic perspective, there is a simple answer to shortages: higher prices.

Finances and Centralized Services
Financial Accountancy Staff
ifo Center for Energy, Climate, and Resources
Economist
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