In the organizer's words:

Economist Daniel Stähr presents a well-founded critique of the supremacy of his own discipline and its influence on politics and our coexistence.

Economists sit at the center of power, advising governments and companies, steering the fortunes of states and institutions. Their gigantic influence extends from politics to our private lives; they determine the level of our wages and our match on the dating app. Whether in the climate catastrophe or the pandemic: all over the world, we are placing our trust in fact-free science that has no concept of morality or justice - and this is costing human lives. Daniel Stähr presents an overdue intervention from within our own ranks that shows that things could be very different.

Daniel Stähr, born in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in 1990, is an economist, essayist and freelance author. He is doing his doctorate on the subject of "Narrative Economics" at the FernUniversität in Hagen. He regularly contributes to "Deutschlandfunk Kultur", "Zeit", "taz" and "FAS". Most recently, S. FISCHER published Die Sprache des Kapitalismus (2024, together with Simon Sahner), which was awarded the Readers' Prize of the German Business Book Award. Daniel Stähr lives in Frankfurt am Main.

Moderation: Emily Grunert (Head of Literaturbüro NRW)

An event in cooperation with the Düsseldorf Central Library and the Freundeskreis Stadtbüchereien Düsseldorf as part of the "Streitraum Herzkammer" series.