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Who pays the bill?

On public finances and intergenerational justice
Monday, 25.11.2024
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When the Federal Constitutional Court ruled at the end of 2023 that unused money from the special coronavirus fund could not be transferred to the Climate and Transformation Fund, the German government was missing billions of euros (e.g. for climate protection projects). There was a lively debate about how to compensate for the funds: Where could savings be made? Should taxes be increased? How should we proceed with the debt brake?
This debate was intermingled with a question that reaches far into the future: should major projects and investments be financed by new, even massive debt? This would particularly affect future generations, who would benefit from long-term investments, but would also take on a larger financial mortgage.
Economist Nils Goldschmidt and philosopher Christian Neuhäuser will talk about and discuss this topical issue.

Special note:

Online participation in the event is possible via livestream on the YouTube channel of the Catholic Academy in Bavaria:


Programme of the event:

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Monday, 25 November 2024

6.30 pmAdmission (no snack sales!)

7.00 pm

Greeting

Public debt and the relationship between generations from an economic perspective

Prof. Dr. Nils Goldschmidt,
Professor of Contextual Economics and Economic Education at the University of Siegen, Chairman of Aktionsgemeinschaft Soziale Marktwirtschaft e.V.

Invest or save? The perspective of intergenerational justice

Prof. Dr. Christian Neuhäuser,
Professor of Practical Philosophy at TU Dortmund University

8.15 pm

Questions and discussion

21.00 hrsFinish with wine and bread

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