20.05.2020 - Society & Finance

Excess mortality - a better measure?

by Philipp Immenkötter

The excess mortality (numbers of deaths compared to previous years) provides information on the development and extent of the Covid-19 pandemic. The advantage of the approach is its independence from the authorities' survey procedures but comes with ...

08.04.2020 - Society & Finance

More Economic Miracle Less New Deal

by Marius Kleinheyer

Major crises call for major political responses. The 20th century knows two different answers, which today could serve as a model for reconstruction after the Corona crisis. The support of the economy after the stock market crash of 1929 by US Presid ...

31.03.2020 - Society & Finance

How the battle of the narratives drives the stock markets

Guest article WiWo Online

by Thomas Mayer

In the corona crisis, we are now experiencing a battle of narratives: virologists, epidemiologists and economists on the one hand and at the level of investors in the financial markets on the other. How this affects us and the markets.

25.03.2020 - Society & Finance

Economic crises can also increase the mortality rate

Guest article in WiWo online

by Thomas Mayer

The economic costs of universal social distancing rise exponentially with its duration to dizzying heights. Why Germany can hardly keep this up for much longer.

25.03.2020 - Society & Finance

Are we in the corona bubble?

by Marius Kleinheyer

Economists use the vocabulary of epidemiologists to describe financial market bubbles. A new idea or innovation "infects the market participants", investors are "infected" by greed and the "fever" spreads. If the illusion bursts, investors are "cured ...

29.01.2020 - Society & Finance

Corona: A virus goes viral

by Philipp Immenkötter

Since mid-January, the Coronavirus has been keeping the world on tenterhooks and even stock markets do not seem immune to it. Markets are particularly susceptible to narratives - short stories that convey emotions and values.