#rp23 keynote speaker Marcel Fratzscher: Everything is getting more expensive – what’s next?

26.04.2023 - The scientist and author deals with the consequences of inflation on our society.
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Marcel Fratzscher
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Everything is getting more and more expensive - how big is the problem really? Does inflation mean greater inequality and an increasing division between rich and poor? And what are the consequences for climate protection and housing? At re:publica 23, scientist and author Marcel Fratzscher will address the big questions of the present around the topics of inflation and the banking crisis. He will examine their impact on social transformation and the generational question and talk about distortions in the financial system.

Marcel Fratzscher is a researcher, author, and columnist on economic and socio-political topics, President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), and Professor of Macroeconomics at Humboldt University Berlin. Among other things, he is a member of the United Nations High-level Advisory Board on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a member of the Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry of Economics, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hertie School of Governance.

His work focuses on macroeconomics and financial markets, inequality, and the globalisation and integration of Europe. He is a columnist for Zeit Online and regularly publishes commentaries in German and international media such as the Financial Times and Project Syndicate.

In March 2022, his new book "Geld oder Leben - Wie unser irrationales Verhältnis zum Geld unsere Gesellschaft spaltet" (Money or Life - How Our Irrational Relationship to Money Divides Our Society) was published, which dispels long-held myths in our dealings with money—with saving, debt, inflation and interest—and presents an analysis for future financial risks, provision, and wealth creation. His previous books "Die Deutschland Illusion", "Verteilungskampf - Warum Deutschland immer ungleicher wird", "The Germany Illusion", and "Die neue Aufklärung - Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft nach der Corona-Krise" focus on the transformation of the economy and society and Germany's role in Europe and the world.

We look forward to his exciting insights at #rp23.
 

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Woran arbeitest du derzeit und worüber würdest du gerne mit anderen auf der re:publica diskutieren?  

Ich arbeite intensiv an den sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Implikationen der gegenwärtigen Krise, vor allem an der Frage, wieso und wie genau Krisen wie diese die Gesellschaft spalten und viele Menschen abhängt.

Rund um welches Thema in deinem Feld gibt es derzeit zu viele Missverständnisse? 

Manche haben ein verzerrtes oder unvollständiges Bild von Inflation. Das sehen wir jetzt in der Debatte um eine sogenannte Lohn-Preis-Spirale, in der manche den Beschäftigten die Schuld für eine dauerhaft hohe Inflation geben wollen, obwohl die Fakten etwas komplett anderes sagen. Auch haben wir Deutschen ein sehr ungesundes Verhältnis zu Geld, zu Sparen und Schulden. Wir sollten uns viel häufiger fragen: Geld oder Leben...?