#ZEWPodcast
The #ZEWPodcast “Wirklich Wirtschaft” offers direct insights into ZEW's research – understandable, up-to-date, and close to the scientists. The podcast is available in two formats: “ZEW Wirklich Wirtschaft Kompakt”, the short and concise news and explanation format, and “ZEW Wirklich Wirtschaft Background” which explores topics in greater depth and context. In the future, there will also be episodes in English.
From 2020 to 2025, the podcast ran under the title “Wirtschaft · Forschung · Debatten” (in German language only). At the end of 2025, it was relaunched and has since been renamed “ZEW Wirklich Wirtschaft”.
You can find the podcast on all popular platforms, including Podigee, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify.
Do you have any comments, ideas, or feedback about the podcast? Feel free to write to us at podcast@zew.de.
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#ZEWPodcast How Sustainable is the Federal Budget?
Current investments in the future are primarily funded through temporary special funds rather than drawing from the core budget. Consequently, there is a high risk of insufficient resources being available in the long term for vitally important areas such as climate action and education. This is one of the key findings of the Future Ratio calculations for the 2025 budget, made by ZEW Mannheim in collaboration with WWF. In the latest episode of the ZEW podcast “Wirklich Wirtschaft”, the authors of the study, Prof. Dr. Friedrich Heinemann and Viviane Raddatz (Climate Alliance Germany/WWF Germany), discuss the proportion of the federal budget allocated to future-oriented expenditure, as well as the impact of special funds on this.