President, ifo Institute
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Clemens Fuest is President of the ifo Institute – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich e.V., Managing Director of CESifo GmbH, Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Economic Studies (CES) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. His research areas are economic and financial policy, international taxation, tax policy and European integration. He is a member of numerous committees (including the WB of the Federal Ministry of Finance) and author of books and articles in national and international (specialist) journals. In July 2020 his book on the Corona crisis was published: “How we save our economy. The way out of the Corona crisis” (Wie wir unsere Wirtschaft retten).
Thursday, 22. October 2020, 18:30 – 20:00 h
At the University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zurich, KOL-G-201 (Aula)
The corona pandemic is a deep cut for economy and society. It is primarily a threat to health. However, its global economic impact is serious and will in all likelihood surpass the effects of the economic and financial crisis of 2008/09. The corona crisis is far from over, will continue to accompany us for some time to come and raises many important questions. The issues range from the long-term effects of the pandemic on the economy and society, the welfare state and climate change, crisis management in Europe, the right economic policy measures in different phases of the crisis, to the reconciliation of health and economic policy concerns.