From export miracle to German crisis – With Wolfgang Muenchau and comments by Sander Tordoir
18/August/2025
04:00 PM CEST
PLACE
Zoom
LANGUAGE
German
The longer the German economy has been in crisis over the past two years, the more outrageous the demands have become: do Germans simply have to work more? Should public holidays simply be cut? As Wolfgang Münchau argues in his book Kaput, the problems lie deeper – in the German economy’s strong dependence on exports. Is a lack of innovative strength and short-sightedness in energy policy ultimately also a consequence of the neo-mercantilist logic of the ‘export champion’ model?
We talked about this in our New Economy Short Cut From export miracle to German crisis with Wolfgang Münchau, former FT journalist and director of Eurointelligence, and Sander Tordoir, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, on August 18. A recording with English subtitles will be uploaded shortly after the event.
Wolfgang Münchau
is a German economics journalist, co-founder of the news platform ‘Eurointelligence’ and author of several books. His previous positions include associate editor and European economic columnist at the Financial Times and co-editor of Financial Times Deutschland.
Sander Tordoir
is a chief economist at the Centre for European Reform in London, specializing in eurozone macroeconomics, fiscal policy, and financial stability. Previously, he worked at the European Central Bank, contributing to research on monetary policy and economic governance in Europe.