THE BERLIN
NEW PARADIGM
INITIATIVE

From market fundamentalism to viable wealth for the many.

To Knowledge Base

New Paradigm

After decades of overly naive market belief, we urgently need new answers to the great challenges of our time and a whole new paradigm to guide us.

NEW PARADIGM 6 DECEMBER 2023

The New Paradigm Papers of the Month of December
NEW PARADIGM 4 DECEMBER 2023

Constitutional Judges During the Zeitenwende

Redefining
the role of
the state

For decades, there was a consensus that reducing the role of the state and cutting public debt would generate wealth. New research focuses on defining when government action is economically sensible and necessary.

THE STATE 13 JULY 2023

The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Undermines the State
THE STATE 23 JUNE 2023

High-level Seminar: What Should the Future German Industrial Policy Look Like?

Remaking
finance

More than a decade after the financial crisis there still seems to be something seriously wrong with the financial system. A better financial system needs to counter herding, booms and busts and the inherent tendency towards instability.

FINANCIAL WORLD 1 JUNE 2023

New Economy Short Cut Re-live: Reducing Government Debt, But How?
FINANCIAL WORLD 9 MAY 2023

Re-live: Philip Lane on Inflation

Greening
prosperity

During the high point of market orthodoxy, economists argued that the most 'efficient' way to combat climate change was to let markets determine the price of carbon emissions. Today, there is a growing consensus that a carbon price on its own might not be enough.

CLIMATE 15 MAY 2023

Lessons From the Energy Crisis – How to Prepare for the Next Shock
CLIMATE 12 MAY 2023

Energy Shock - Is Germany Facing Deindustrialization?

Reducing
inequality

The rising gap between rich and poor has become a threat to social cohesion in most rich countries. To reverse this trend it will be crucial to better understand the importance of different drivers of income and wealth inequality.

INEQUALITY 20 NOVEMBER 2023

Is an Inheritance Tax Useless After All? Re-Cap for the Launch of Our Wealth Simulator

INEQUALITY 17 NOVEMBER 2023

Tax the Rich - Or What? Political Lessons of the Simulator

Innovation Lab

Do we need a whole new understanding of economic growth? How viable are alternatives to GDP when it comes to measuring prosperity? An understanding of these and other more fundamental challenges is urgently needed.

INNOVATION LAB 28 JUNE 2023

Rewatch Short Cut with Richard Layard: The Benefits of Wellbeing as a Public Policy Objective
INNOVATION LAB 11 OCTOBER 2022

Should We All Work Less?

Globalization
for all

After three decades of poorly managed integration, globalization is threatened by social discontent and the rise of populist forces. A new paradigm will need better ways not only to compensate the groups that have lost, but to distribute the gains more broadly from the start.

GLOBALIZATION 30 NOVEMBER 2023

The Nine Lives of Market Liberalism: New Economy Short Cut with Quinn Slobodian
GLOBALIZATION 12 MAY 2023

Redefining the German Export Model

Europe
beyond markets

A deep belief in self-regulating markets and market-driven integration lead to major imbalances in the Eurozone. New research needs to focus on the policies needed to foster economic convergence and prevent future panics.

EUROPE 12 OCTOBER 2023

New Economy Short Cut: Regional Policy as a Recipe for Success Against Populism?
EUROPE 22 DECEMBER 2022

Interview: What Do EU Citizens Think About Austerity?
10 NOVEMBER 2023

What Would Really Change the Wealth Distribution - New Simulator, New ReBalance Page
6 DECEMBER 2023

The New Paradigm Papers of the Month of December
4 DECEMBER 2023

Constitutional Judges During the Zeitenwende
FORUM EVENTS
NEW ECONOMY SHORT CUT 20 December 2023

Power and Progress – The Role of the State in Technological Change

CURRENT ARTICLES AND STUDIES

30 NOVEMBER 2023

The Nine Lives of Market Liberalism: New Economy Short Cut with Quinn Slobodian
23 NOVEMBER 2023

The New Paradigm Papers of the Month of November
INEQUALITY 20 NOVEMBER 2023

Is an Inheritance Tax Useless After All? Re-Cap for the Launch of Our Wealth Simulator

From our Forum New Economy newsletter series

ALL FORUM NEW ECONOMY PAPERS AT A GLANCE

Since our launch in 2019 we published more than two dozen studies. The latest: The Energy Crisis in Germany and the Design of a Resilient Energy System by Tom Krebs.

What does the New Economy Forum do?

More and more economists around the world are searching for innovative concepts to make economic and societal trends more sustainable. Supporting these ideas and exploring their real value, is one of the main goals of this Forum.

Our partners

Forum New Economy is glad to cooperate with a network of leading institutions and high-level academic partners.