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Flassbeck-economics is in essence a political project. Our goal is to present and disseminate knowledge and insights about the central issues of our time, in particular about macroeconomic relationships that are misinterpreted by the mainstream of economics. Economics has taken to the blog format like no other discipline. Some of the biggest and most important policy arguments are now being formulated on blogs and websites rather than in academic journals. This site deals mainly with macroeconomics, sociology and political science. We deal with public policy in the broadest possible sense, wage policies, the evolution of the welfare states, the potential and prospect for economic policy. We write about other issues of crucial importance: economic theory, inequality, development, trade policies, immigration, European and American politics, energy efficiency and climate change. Articles are written by different experts, most of them associated with Makroskop.eu, a German internet magazine (see here). We all share the same goal: to provide a counterweight to the neoliberal and conservative discourse and to the dominant market approach and provide insight in much-needed rational economic and social policies.

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