But central banks are not the only parties with a strong interest in the Verein für Socialpolitik’s research findings that are presented and discussed here and elsewhere. In the course of the crisis, the need to present and categorise information in a scientific and well-founded manner, yet at the same time in a way that is understandable for the general public, has increased enormously.
Providing explanations and, even more, overcoming the crisis undeniably raise fundamental questions in many areas of our field. You are probably familiar with the old joke that economics is the only field in which two researchers can receive the Nobel Prize for saying the exact opposite thing.