Conference Video Recording

(Note: The recording is divided into individual programme points, which can be accessed separately.)

Opening by Helena Melnikov and Jörg Rocholl

Moderated by Inga Michler, the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK) General Manager Helena Melnikov and Jörg Rocholl, President of the ESMT Berlin and member of the new pension commission, inaugurated the event "Economic Vision" on 17 June at the House of German Business.

Melnikov tempered excessive expectations: "Hopes have been overrated in the past twelve months." Ideas and proposals are already on the table – what is missing is the political will. "There are many thoroughly developed proposals on the table. It is now a question of using them" – that is the expectation, not just hope.

Jörg Rocholl corrected a Berlin rumour: The commission paper had not yet been presented to the chancellor's office. "As of 9:50 a.m., I was still in a virtual meeting." The submission was scheduled for the following Tuesday. At the same time, he expressed confidence: "Many of the ideas mentioned by several economists over the past weeks are naturally influencing what we are discussing." High expectations from politics might indeed be an argument in favour of working through a commission: A united position provides better chances for comprehensive implementation.

Further Programme Highlights

Additionally, the agenda included:

• the keynote "Economy in Transition" by Princeton economist Markus Brunnermeier

and three high-level panels:

• "The Social Market Economy – are adjustments to the regulatory framework necessary?"
• "Industrial Policy in a Changed World"
• "International Economic Policy in a Changed World"