In light of an expansionist Russia and an increasingly unpredictable United States, Europe must take greater responsibility for its own security. Hans-Werner Sinn argues that this is Europe’s historic opportunity to complete its unfinished project of political integration and evolve into a federal state with a real parliament, and its own armed forces within NATO.
Welcome to the website of the German economist Hans-Werner Sinn.
Hans-Werner Sinn is President emeritus at the ifo Institute for Economic Research and Professor at the University of Munich. His main areas of research focus on the Euro system, the ECB’s monetary policy, climate and green energy. He previously conducted extensive research into regulation, insurance and risk, systems competition, and systems transformation. Sinn is the author of many specialist articles and books, several of which have become bestsellers.
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As a regular contributor to Project Syndicate’s column, Hans-Werner Sinn sheds light on current economic affairs. His comments are published in newspapers across the globe. Read his latest article "COVID as a Natural Experiment for Climate Policy".
Hans-Werner Sinn’s latest book discusses the significance of target balances for the ECB to deal with major shocks, from the Lehman crisis up to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic.
While humankind has to fight climate change, the economic and technical constraints are severe. This lecture by Hans-Werner Sinn held at the London School of economics gives an overview of some of the challenges and potential solutions.