The dialogue on the principles of the Social Market Economy is one of the core topics of the European and international cooperation of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. We are convinced that the concept ...

Germany's business climate improved slightly in January, but expectations fell to a one-year low. Concerns over bureaucracy and US tariffs continue to weigh on the German economy. Markets slumped as ...

Economic policy? “In a world full of conflicts and instability, Germany must remember its own interests and strengths. The German model of success must be a social market economy.” The expression ...

Two years into an economic recession, German businesses are sounding the alarm and demanding no less than a complete overhaul ...

Inducted into the German army as the war widened ... the Ordoliberals envisioned what they called a social market economy, combining open market competition with a strong central bank and a ...

Germany’s economy is slowing more sharply than in the rest of Europe, and may well be in recession. Can it recover anytime ...

followed by two vastly different models of postwar economic reconstruction – Soviet-style central planning in East Germany and a market-based system moderated by social policy in the West, dubbed the ...

By Melissa Eddy Germany’s economic output shrank for a second straight year in 2024, data released Wednesday showed. How to revive it has become a central issue as voters prepare to go to the ...

Germany elects a new parliament on February 23, with potential ramifications for the financial industry of Europe's largest ...