Marcel Fratzscher
Economist
Marcel Fratzscher is a researcher, author, and columnist on economic and social policy issues. He is president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin and professor of Macroeconomics at Humboldt University in Berlin. He is a member of the advisory board of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and of the Euro50 Group. His work focuses on macroeconomics and financial markets, inequality, globalization, and European integration. He is a columnist for Die Zeit.
At the Thomas Mann House, Marcel Fratzscher will be examining tipping points in economic policy and their significance for democratic transformation: How do economic and political narratives influence the emergence of tipping points in democratic societies, and under what conditions do they promote or hinder investment, reforms, and political acceptance in times of economic and geopolitical transformation?
Selected Awards
2017 | Kurt Rothschild Award for Economic Journalism and Research
Since 2007 | Fellow, International Macroeconomics and Finance, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
2007 Excellence Award in Global Economic Affairs, Kiel Institute
Selected Publications
2025 | Nach uns die Zukunft. Berlin: Berlin Verlag.
2022 | Geld oder Leben – Wie unser irrationales Verhältnis zum Geld unsere Gesellschaft spaltet. Berlin: Berlin Verlag.
2020 | Die neue Aufklärung: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft nach der Corona-Krise. Berlin: Berlin Verlag.
2014 | Die Deutschland-Illusion: Warum wir unsere Wirtschaft überschätzen und Europa brauchen. Munich: Hanser.