Juergen Bernhard Donges (24 October 1940 – 25 June 2021) was a German economist. He was professor emeritus of

political economics Political economy is the study of how economic systems (e.g. markets and national economies) and political systems (e.g. law, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied phenomena within the discipline are systems such as labour mar ...

at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

, and was for a long time member of the

German Council of Economic Experts The German Council of Economic Experts (German: ') is a group of economists set up in 1963 to evaluate economic policies of the German government. In the media, the council is often referred to as the "Five Sages of Economy" (''Fünf Wirtschaftswe ...

. Donges earned his Diplom in economics from the

Saarland University Saarland University (german: Universität des Saarlandes, ) is a public research university located in Saarbrücken, the capital of the German state of Saarland. It was founded in 1948 in Homburg in co-operation with France and is organized in s ...

in Saarbrücken in 1966. In 1969, he received his

doctoral degree A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

also from Saarland University. That year he joined faculty at the

Kiel Institute for the World Economy The Kiel Institute for the World Economy (Institut für Weltwirtschaft, or IfW) is an independent, non-profit economic research institute and think tank based in Kiel, Germany. In 2017, it was ranked as one of the top 50 most influential think ta ...

, receiving his chair in 1979. In 1989, Donges moved on to the

. Three years later he became a member of the German Council of Economic Experts, and eventually served as the council's chairman from 2000–2002. A proponent of

ordoliberal Ordoliberalism is the German variant of economic liberalism that emphasizes the need for government to ensure that the free market produces results close to its theoretical potential but does not advocate for a welfare state. Ordoliberal ideals ...

economic policy, Donges was also a member of the

Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft The ''Initiative Neue Soziale Marktwirtschaft'' (INSM) – New Social Free Market Initiative – is a neoliberal German think tank and advocacy organization with headquarters in Berlin that was founded in 2000 by the employers' organization Gesamt ...

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Biography at the University of Cologne
1940 births 2021 deaths Academic staff of the University of Kiel Academic staff of the University of Cologne 20th-century German economists German expatriates in Spain People from Seville 21st-century German economists {{Germany-scientist-stub