Prof. Marcel Fratzscher, Ph.D.

Marcel Fratzscher is a researcher, author, and columnist on economic and socio-political topics, President of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), and Professor of Macroeconomics at Humboldt University Berlin. Among other things, he is a member of the Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and the Association of the Euro50 Group

His work focuses on macroeconomics and financial markets, inequality, and the globalization and integration of Europe. He is a columnist for DIE ZEIT and regularly publishes commentaries in German and international media such as the Financial Times and Project Syndicate.

His latest book „Nach uns die Zukunft“ is a forward-looking plea for a new intergenerational contract and was published by berlin-Verlag in August 2025. His book „Geld oder Leben – Wie unser irrationales Verhältnis zum Geld unsere Gesellschaft spaltet“(Money or Life – How Our Irrational Relationship to Money Divides Our Society) dispels long-held myths in our dealings with money—with saving, debt, inflation and interest—and presents an analysis for future financial risks, provision, and wealth creation. His previous books „Die Deutschland Illusion“, „Verteilungskampf – Warum Deutschland immer ungleicher wird“, „The Germany Illusion“, and „Die neue Aufklärung – Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft nach der Corona-Krise“ focus on the transformation oft he economy and society and Germany’s role in Europe and the world.

Marcel Fratzscher is German and European and lives in Berlin.