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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 7 JUNE 2022

The New Paradigm Papers of the Month of June
NEW PARADIGM 11 MAY 2022

The New Paradigm Papers of the Month of May

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 15 JUNE 2022

Concerted Action - Preventing the Wage-Price Spiral? Short Cut Highlights
THE STATE 10 JUNE 2022

Actors beyond Government - Talk between Francesca Bria and Christian Kastrop

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 28 JANUARY 2022

Moritz Schularick in Conversation: New Perspectives on Monetary Policy
FINANCIAL WORLD 10 JANUARY 2022

Debating Central Bank Mandates

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 2 JUNE 2022

Modern Climate Policy
CLIMATE 3 MAY 2022

Climate Policy from a Keynesian Point of View

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 13 DECEMBER 2021

Inequality in Germany - Policy measures to reverse the trend
INEQUALITY 7 DECEMBER 2021

Nations have become richer, governments poorer

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 22 DECEMBER 2021

New Economy Interview: Do we need to commit corporations more strongly to the common good?
INNOVATION LAB 13 DECEMBER 2021

Mark Blyth and Eric Lonergan on the Prudence Principle

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 11 MAY 2022

Corona, Energy Crisis, War - How Can Germany Reduce its Dependency? Seminar with Patrick Graichen and Jens Spahn
GLOBALIZATION 12 APRIL 2022

Shock therapy for Market Orthodoxy

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 11 APRIL 2022

French election - Are the right losing because of Putin? Short Cut with Cornelia Woll
EUROPE 10 FEBRUARY 2022

Putting an End to Darwinian Competition in Europe

Corona Crisis

The current Corona crisis is probably the worst economic crisis of the post-World War 2 era. Economists are working hard on mitigating the economic effects. We collect the most important contributions.

CORONA CRISIS 22 JULY 2021

Leopoldina – Corona Pandemic Intensifies Need for Action in German Economic and Social Policy
CORONA CRISIS 29 APRIL 2021

World Summit for A Systemic Recovery from the Pandemic
8 JUNE 2022

Fighting Inflation - a Case for the Government?
THE STATE 15 JUNE 2022

Concerted Action - Preventing the Wage-Price Spiral? Short Cut Highlights
THE STATE 10 JUNE 2022

Actors beyond Government - Talk between Francesca Bria and Christian Kastrop
QUICK & NEW
24 JUNE 2022

Is a tax on windfall profits expedient?

CURRENT ARTICLES AND STUDIES

INNOVATION LAB  | WORKING PAPERS 13 JUNE 2022

Narrative Economics: Europe as a "Transferunion" or "Risikogemeinschaft"? An empirical analysis

by Doris Neuberger and Edoardo Beretta

NEW PARADIGM 7 JUNE 2022

The New Paradigm Papers of the Month of June

Once a month the Forum New Economy is showcasing a handful of selected research papers that lead the way towards a new economic paradigm.

THE STATE 7 JUNE 2022

How to Make the State Better

Fritzi Köhle-Geib, Max Krahé, Thurid Hustedt, and Erkki Karo on how to re-design a modern and pro-active state.

ALL FORUM NEW ECONOMY PAPERS AT A GLANCE

Since our launch in 2019 we published more than a dozen studies. The latest: Narrative Economics: Europe as a "Transferunion"? An empirical analysis. By Doris Neuberger and Edoardo Beretta

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.