Norbert Häring is an

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

and business journalist. Since 2002 he has reported on finance and economics for the German business newspaper ''

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''.

Life

He is the author (with Olaf Storbeck) of the book ''Ökonomie 2.0'' which was a bestseller in Germany and won the 2007 GetAbstract International Book Award for best business book. It was published in English as ''Economics 2.0'' and also translated into Chinese, Korean, Italian and Japanese. His book ''Markt und Macht'' was published in English as ''Economists and the Powerful'' (with Niall Douglas) by Anthem Press in 2012. In a review for

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, economist Michael Hudson wrote that the authors "provide a wealth of references tracing how economics was turned into a propaganda exercise for financiers, landlords, monopolists, insiders, fraudsters and other

rent-seeking Rent-seeking is the act of growing one's existing wealth by manipulating the social or political environment without creating new wealth. Rent-seeking activities have negative effects on the rest of society. They result in reduced economic effi ...

predators." Häring serves as non-voting chairman for the Shadow ECB Council, a group of 15 economists drawn from banks, academia, and other institutions founded in 2002 to discuss monetary policy and make recommendations to the European Central Bank. He is a co-founder and co-director of the World Economics Association and co-editor of the journal ''World Economic Review'', both of which aim to promote a pluralistic approach to economic research. In 2014 he was awarded the Keynes Prize for Economic Writing for his contributions to Handelsblatt.

Books in English

* (co-author with Niall Douglas) ''Economists and the Powerful: Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards'' (Anthem Press, 2012) * (co-author with Olaf Storbeck) ''Economics 2.0: What the Best Minds in Economics Can Teach You About Business and Life'' (St. Martin's Press, 2008)

Books in German

* ''Die Abschaffung des Bargelds und die Folgen: Der Weg in die totale Kontrolle'' (Bastei Lübbe, 2016) * ''So funktioniert die Wirtschaft'' (Haufe Lexware, 2012) * ''Markt und Macht: Was Sie schon immer über die Wirtschaft wissen wollten, aber bisher nicht erfahren sollten'' (Schäffer-Poeschel, 2010) * (co-author with Olaf Storbeck) ''Ökonomie 2.0: 99 überraschende Erkenntnisse'' (Schäffer-Poeschel, 2007) * mit Niall Douglas: ''Economists and the Powerful. Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards.'' Anthem Press, London . a.2012, ISBN 978-0-85728-459-4 * ''Stimmt es, dass…? Respektlose Fragen zu Wirtschaftsordnung und Wirtschaftskrise.'' Schäffer-Poeschel, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-7910-3269-6. * ''Die Abschaffung des Bargelds und die Folgen.'' Quadriga-Verlag, Köln 2016, ISBN 978-3-86995-088-4. * ''Schönes neues Geld: PayPal, WeChat, Amazon Go – uns droht eine totalitäre Weltwährung'', Campus, Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-593-50914-3. * ''Endspiel des Kapitalismus. Wie die Konzerne die Macht übernahmen und wie wir sie zurückholen.'' Quadriga, Berlin 2021, ISBN 978-3-86995-113-3.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Häring, Norbert 1963 births Living people German economists German journalists German business and financial journalists German male journalists Saarland University alumni