Hans-Werner Sinn
Economic Advisor to the German Government
About Hans-Werner
Hans-Werner is Economic Advisor to the German Government, particularly the Ministry of Trade and Industry. In 1999, he took over as President of the Ifo-Institute, the leading German Economics Institute.He is the author of several books on the German and global economy, and is a regular commentator on economic matters on radio and television.
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Hans-Werner Sinn has held the Chair of Economics at the LMU University in Munich since 1984. He has also gained international recognition as a result of numerous periods of research and guest professorships; he teaches at, amongst others, the London School of Economics, Princeton University, and the University of Oslo.He has conducted research in a number of areas, such as globalisation and emerging markets and demographic change. In 1991 he became Director of the Centre for Economic Studies (CES) at the LMU and in 1999 he was appointed Director of the ifo-Institute, which had become well known for the publication of the monthly index of the German business climate. Under the directorship of Hans-Werner Sinn, it quickly established itself as the most prominent of the six major German economic research institutes.
His advice has been sought for many years at government level in Bonn and Berlin, and as economic advisor to the Federal Science Ministry. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of the HVB Group and is an active member of a number of professional bodies. He is one the most frequently-quoted economists in Germany. Amongst the 14 books he has published, "Ist Deutschland noch zu retten?" ("Can Germany still be saved?") has caused the greatest controversy. His thoughts on the "economic failure" of reunification, the weaknesses of the Euro have give him considerable influence on German economic thinking.
