With his innovative approaches to the topic of European monetary policy, Adam Tooze is an important intellectual driving force for the forum. Our blogposts on his work can be found here (Social Europe article “Output gap nonsense”, 01.11.2019) and here (Foreign Policy article “The Death of the Central Bank Myth”, 15.05.2020). His working paper “Debating Central Bank Mandates”, recently published by the Forum, can be found here.

The sustainability researcher has played a key role in shaping many of our events. At the symposium held in cooperation with The New Institute in August 2021, we discussed with her the question of growth constraints and new ways of measuring prosperity.

With Mariana Mazzucato, the Forum was able to invite one of the most important thought leaders on the new role of the state for the third New Paradigm Workshop in 2018. As part of the Forum New Economy Working Paper series, the economist and her team from the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) at University College London wrote a study in 2020 in which they identify approaches for a mission-oriented economic policy in Germany. Furthermore, Mariana Mazzucato discussed her book “Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism” with Wolfgang Schmidt at the New Economy Short Cut in autumn 2021.

Dani Rodrik´s research deals with the links between globalization and populism as well as with the future of the welfare state. Some of his recent work has been taken up by the Forum (e.g. see here). At the VIII. New Paradigm Workshop on 26 May 2021, the Harvard economist discussed with former Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser ways towards a socially just globalization (see here).

At the official start of the Forum, Branko Milanovic presented his book “Capitalism Alone”. In the book, he makes the case for reducing the rising concentration of wealth and income inequality with the aim of enabling social advancement and political participation for all. In addition, the economist took part in other Forum events.

Moritz Schularick has been a key contributor to the Forum from the very beginning. In ‘ Towards a New Paradigm: Stabilising Financial Markets ’ in 2018, he analysed the gaps in the efficient market hypothesis together with Kaspar Zimmermann and developed approaches for a new financial market paradigm. In his Forum New Economy Working Paper ‘New perspectives on monetary policy’ from 2022, he outlines new approaches for monetary policy. In late January 2024, he presented his study ‘The Safety Net: Central Bank Balance Sheets and Financial Crises, 1587-2020’ in Berlin and discussed the role of central banks in financial crises with Bundesbank President Joachim Nagel (see here).

With his expertise in macroeconomics and monetary policy, Xavier Ragot has been highly influential for the Forum’s work since 2017. He has contributed to our work through his participation in numerous Forum workshops and through a basic paper published by the Forum in 2018, in which he describes possible elements of a new fiscal policy paradigm, particularly regarding the European fiscal policy framework. At the X New Paradigm Workshop, he spoke about a new balance between the state and markets.

With Martin Hellwig, the Forum was able to win over one of the most influential German economists in the field of financial stability for the New Paradigm Workshops in 2020 and 2021. Together with Gerhard Schick (Bürgerbewegung Finanzwende), he wrote a Forum New Economy working paper on the failure and need for reform of German financial supervision in 2022, discussed the crisis of democratic capitalism with Martin Wolf (Financial Times) in a New Economy Short Cut (rewatch here) in 2023 and the 2024 edition of The bankers‘ new clothes, his book with Anat Admati (rewatch here).

Jens Südekum is a Professor of International Economics whose research focuses on regional policy, international trade and labour markets. Through his expertise in regional structural transformation, Jens Südekum has provided valuable food for thought at many of our workshops. He also, together with Michael Huether, published a Forum New Economy Working Paper in 2020 on the redesign of German fiscal policy rules after the COVID19 pandemic. At the X New Paradigm Workshop, he presented his research on regional policy.

Tom Krebs is a Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim and Senior Fellow at the Forum New Economy. Previously, he held faculty positions at Brown University, Columbia University, and the University of Illinois. He received his MSc in Physics from the University of Hamburg and a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.

In his research, Tom Krebs studies the effects of economic crises and policy making on economic growth, inequality and the well-being of people. His research has been published in leading academic journals and is frequently discussed in the media. In 2019-2020, Tom Krebs was the first visiting professor at the German Ministry of Finance. He has been an economic consultant to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.

At the X New Paradigm Workshop, he presented his work on a modern climate policy beyond carbon pricing.

Michael Spence has been one of the pioneers of economic research on imperfect markets and asymmetric information since the early 1970s. For his work on signaling in labour markets, he received, together with George Akerlof and Joseph Stiglitz, the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences from the Swedish National Bank in 2001. On 15/11/2019, we met with him for an interview in Milan to talk about the potential for new economic paradigms. (The interview was conducted by FNE Director Thomas Fricke and can be re-watched here: part 1, part 2.)

Economic historian Harold James enriched the discussions at several Forum New Economy workshops, most recently at the Berlin Summit on 27 May 2024 (see here).

Laurence Tubiana is a leading expert in the area of climate policy and sustainable development. Before joining the ECF, she spearheaded the international efforts which led to the Paris Agreement. With her decades of experience both in policy and academia, she has greatly enriched many of our workshops.

Adair Turner shared his research on the link between credit cycles and financial crises at the first New Paradigm Workshop in Edinburgh in 2017. His book, titled “Between Debt and the Devil: Money, Credit, and Fixing Global Finance”, was featured in a blog post (here).

For our Basic Paper series in 2018, Ottmar Edenhofer, together with colleagues from the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC), discussed how existing implementation difficulties in climate protection could be addressed.

For the IX New Paradigm Workshop in October 2021, we were able to win Barry Eichengreen for an assessment of the planned US economic stimulus package und discuss whether “Bidenomics” could in fact herald a turnaround in fiscal policy in the US.

Sebastian Dullien has accompanied the work of the Forum from the beginning and shared his research findings on trade policy in numerous Forum New Economy workshops. For the Basic Paper series, he outlined new policy recommendations for international trade. In addition, we were able to hold with him our first ever New Economy Short Cut in June 2020, where he gave an input on the German government’s economic stimulus package. At the X New Paradigm Workshop, he talked about recipes for fighting inflation with Isabella Weber, Peter Bofinger and Guntram Wolff.

Michael Jacobs, on behalf of the Forum and in cooperation with Laurie Laybourn-Langton and Laurie Macfarlane, developed a definition of economic paradigms. In their study, the authors looked at the historical shifts that have initiated paradigm shifts (see here), and gave examples for new economic thinking being reflected in international institutions (see here).

At several of our previous workshops we had the great opportunity to learn about recent research from DIW through exchanging ideas with its president. In addition, Marcel Fratzscher presented new insights about inequality for our Basic Paper Series in 2018.

The economics professor and former member of the German Council of Economic Experts, who recently publicly scrutinized some of the crucial assumptions of neoclassical economic theory, accepted our invitation to a discussion with Gregory Mankiw in January 2021. Furthermore, he took part in several of our workshops. At the X New Paradigm Workshop, he talked about recipes for fighting inflation with Isabella Weber, Guntram Wolff and Sebastian Dullien.

As part of our New Economy Short Cut Series, we discussed “Angrynomics”, a book by Mark Blyth and Eric Lonergan (here), in August of 2020. Both authors also took part in the first episode of the New Economy interview series, where they presented their new paper on the Eurozone fiscal policy framework entitled “The Prudence Principle” (here) in December 2021.

As an internationally acclaimed legal scholar, Katharina Pistor provides a distinctive perspective on economics, which has widely influenced our work. See, for instance, our blogposts on her 2019 book “The Code of Capitalism: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality” (here) and her 2020 Project Syndicate article “Germany’s Constitutional Court Goes Rogue” featured (here).

Furthermore, we discussed the US election outcome with her as part of our New Economy Short Cut Series in November 2020.

The internationally highly esteemed economics professor has participated in several of our New Paradigm Workshops in recent years.

Carlo Jaeger has supported the work of the Forum through his inputs on climate policy issues in past workshops. Furthermore, we were able to win him for a video statement about his current research on the Green Deal and the European Innovation Strategy (see here).

With his expertise in macroeconomics, Jean Pisani-Ferry provided important inputs for our workshops in 2019 and 2020.

At our second New Paradigm Workshop in Berlin, Eric Beinhocker shared the latest findings from his cutting-edge research in climate economics.

The founder and director of the think tank Zukunft KlimaSozial was Secretary General of the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC) from 2015 to the end of 2023 and has been a member and deputy chair of the German government’s Expert Council on Climate Change since 2020.

For the Forum, the climate scientist wrote the paper ‘Shifting Paradigms in Carbon Pricing’, explained the distributional effects of carbon pricing in a video statement and discussed modern climate policy at the X New Paradigm Workshop.

At the X New Paradigm Workshop, he discussed a new balance between the state and markets.

Robert Gold works in the research area “Innovation and International Competition” at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. For the Forum, he has researched the drivers and measures against populism in numerous events and studies.

Isabella Weber is an economist and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She focuses on China, global trade, and the history of economics. Her book ‘How China Escaped Shock Therapy’ won the 2021 Joan Robinson Prize. Isabella is a regular guest at Forum seminars and workshops. In May 2022, together with Sebastian Dullien, she presented her idea for price controls on the gas market at our New Paradigm Workshop, which was later taken up by the German government.

Tim Jackson is director of the Centre for the Understanding of Sustainable Prosperity (cusp.ac.uk) and professor of sustainable development at the University of Surrey (UK), where he has been researching the moral, economic, and social dimensions of prosperity on a finite planet for more than three decades. His book, Prosperity Without Growth, was the Financial Times Book of the Year. At our symposium celebrating the 50th anniversary of the ‘Limits to Growth’ report, Tim Jackson presented the latest findings on what an economy without growth might look like.

The economist and former financial policy spokesman for the Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group has helped shape many of our events. At the X New Paradigm Workshop, he talked about the role of civil society actors between market and state. Together with Martin Hellwig he published Forum New Economy Working Paper Nr. 02/2022 on financial supervision.

Since the Forum’s inception, Jakob von Weizsäcker has been involved in numerous of our events.

As an expert in the field of European Economic and Monetary Union, Christian Odendahl has shaped many of our previous workshops. In the 2018 Forum New Economy Basic Paper, he outlined a new paradigm for the Eurozone together with Simon Tilford.

Christian Kastrop is CEO and Partner of the Global Solutions Initiative, Honorary Professor of Public Finance at the Free University of Berlin and has worked in various national and international institutions, including the OECD initiative ‘New Approaches to Economic Challenges (NAEC). Against the background of his experience as State Secretary for Consumer Policy and Digital Society at the Federal Ministry of Justice, he discussed the role of the state in the digital age with Francesca Bria at the X New Paradigm Workshop.