Courtesy of German Council of Economic Experts
While the German economy has been one of Europe’s strongest for decades, its performance in recent years has fallen short of expectations. Why is this once economic powerhouse now lagging? Ulrike Malmendier is a professor of economics and finance at the University of California, Berkeley, and serves on the German Council of Economic Advisors to the German government. In this podcast, Malmendier says an aging population and a lack of workers are contributing to the country’s economic woes. Transcript
Read Making Germany Grow Again in June's Finance & Development magazine
ULRIKE MALMENDIER is the Cora Jane Flood Professor of Finance at the Haas School of Business and a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a member of the German Council of Economic Experts.
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