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