SALON LUITPOLD | Schuldenwende. Wie viel Zukunft kaufen wir auf Kredit? | Ein Gespräch mit Lars P. Feld, Niklas Potrafke, Kai Konrad sowie Politikern aus München

In the organizer's words:

Niklas Potrafke - Head of the Center for Public Finance and Political Economy at the ifo Institute, Kai Konrad - Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, politician from Munich: Jamila Schäfer, Bundestag Budget Committee (Greens)

With the Federal Government's new debt offensive, Germany is at a turning point in its fiscal policy. In a short space of time, the federal government has taken out loans on a historic scale - with far-reaching consequences for the state, the economy and society.

Lars P. Feld, one of Germany's most renowned economists and a long-standing economic policy advisor, explains why expansionary debt policy appears so attractive, what risks it entails and what tax and budgetary policy alternatives exist. He places the developments in historical perspective, identifies the structural causes of the current situation and outlines ways in which Germany can regain stability in its fiscal policy.

Lars P. Feld, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c., born 1966, has been Professor of Economics, in particular Economic Policy and Regulatory Economics at the University of Freiburg and Director of the Walter Eucken Institute since 2010. He is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the German Federal Ministry of Finance, a member of the Minimum Wage Commission, spokesperson for the Kronberg Circle and a full member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (National Academy of Sciences). From 2011 to 2021, he was a member and, in the final year, Chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts and represented it on the Independent Advisory Council of the Stability Council from 2013 to 2021. Since February 2022, he has been Personal Representative of the Federal Minister of Finance for Macroeconomic Development.

An evening in cooperation with Verlag Herder