Essays
I regularly publish essays in outlets such as WirtschaftsWoche and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. They examine the relationship between economics and democracy, interrogate the unquestioned certainties of our economic and political discourse, and ask whether our life together is grounded in something more than economic logic. A selection is available here to read.
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Not everything is rewarded
Not everything is rewarded The limits of economic rationality “What should I do?” – Immanuel Kant defined this question as one of the core questions of what makes a person human. Today, we usually answer this question with: “What makes me happy and satisfied.” We don’t necessarily do what others expect of us, but what…
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Weakness is human
Since the machine started talking to us, the topic of artificial intelligence is back in fashion. Some even expect humans to be replaced by a super-intelligence. The ideas are anything but new. They rely on us forgetting that human life and coexistence are not limited to thinking and talking.
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The dialectic of liberalism
The appeal of liberalism is waning. The popular equation “free economy = free society” is increasingly proving to be false.
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The repair society
No. 35 of The repair society When Jean Baudrillard wrote about consumer society in 1970, he was looking back on almost 30 years of continuous economic growth. The French Trente Glorieuses, the glorious thirties, had quadrupled the GDP per capita and created unprecedented prosperity. The term “miracle”, as used by the Germans for their economic development,…