Annual Report 2019/20 of the German Council of Economic Experts (GCEE)

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The Annual Report 2019/20 of the GCEE

The Annual Report 2019/20 of the German Council of Economic Experts (GCEE) has been published. Achim Truger, Professor at the Institute for Socio-Economics, is one of the five members of the GCEE and was Co-Author of the report. The title of this year's report: "Dealing with Structural Change".

In just under 400 pages, the members of the GCEE present various scenarios for economic policy in different areas, including the current economic situation, productivity trends, industrial policy, the banking sector, the debate on the debt brake, and the situation of economic inequality.

 

Read the Annual Report 2019/20

Minority Votes

Our institute member Prof. Dr. Achim Truger had a dissenting view on some sections of the Annual Report 2019/20, which he presented in minority votes. He wrote two of these minority votes together with GCEE member Prof. Dr. Isabel Schnabel (Bonn University). The minority votes at a glance:

  • Business Cycle (together with Prof. Dr. Isabel Schnabel)
  • Productivity
  • Debt brake (together with Prof. Dr. Isabel Schnabel)
  • Inequality
Read all minority votes in one file (PDF)

GCEE Annual Report 2020/21

Information on the annual report of the following year can be found here.