Progressive Economics Network Meetings During IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C.

How can progressive industrial strategies deliver cross-border synergies? How can social justice be hard-wired into their design? How can industrial policy be designed to align with countries’ broader economic strategies?

The Progressive Summer Party 2023 – Thank you all!

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Germans significantly underestimate unequal distribution of income and wealth

People with higher incomes and wealth tend to underestimate their financial situation, while in turn, those with less financial means tend to overestimate their standing relative to the overall population.

Transatlantic Dialogue on the Industrial Heartlands: Shaping the Future

Developing solutions for a better, greener and more democratic life in the “places that don’t matter”

New study: Actually European!? 2023

Citizen Expectations towards German EU Policy in the Context of Crisis and Transformation

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Progressive Economics Network Meetings During IMF Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C.

How can progressive industrial strategies deliver cross-border synergies? How can social justice be hard-wired into their design? How can industrial policy be designed to align with countries’ broader economic strategies?

The Progressive Summer Party 2023 - Thank you all!

We look back on a great evening with around 1,000 invited guests, lots of prominent political guests and great conversations. Thank you to everyone who made this evening possible.

Climate Connaction: Youth Climate Fellowship Program

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Let's Talk Strategy: The Future of the Centre-Left in Germany and the UK

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Progressive Economics Network Gathers in Lead Up to G20 Meeting for the Second Time

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Germans significantly underestimate unequal distribution of income and wealth

Summary The German public greatly underestimates how unequally income and wealth are distributed in Germany. People with higher incomes and wealth tend to underestimate their financial situation, while in turn, those with less financial means tend to overestimate their standing relative to the overall population. The result of these misjudgments is that many more people …

Progressive Governance: Rise or Demise – How Democracies Can Withstand Authoritarian Attacks

New "Talking Progress" Podcast episode: A conversation between Anne Applebaum and Wolfgang Schmidt

Empowering Cities: Building Urban and Transatlantic Infrastructure

What are successful approaches and polices to the most pressing issues for German and US cities? How can cities and international networks strengthen the transatlantic partnership?

Empowering Cities: A Blueprint for Urban Progress

City leaders share the same worries: Climate change, rising inequality, housing insecurity and health inequity, to name a few. They talk about working towards progress. But how can a city’s development in these areas really be assessed?

Onwards and Upwards

Delivering on the Promise of Progress

Empowering Cities: Forging a Transatlantic Dialogue

Does Germany struggle with its unhoused populations the same way as cities in the United States do? What can the U.S. learn from Germany when it comes to improving public transportation infrastructure?

The Disregarded

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Transatlantic Dialogue on the Industrial Heartlands: Shaping the Future

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Europe's largest conference for progressive politics

Actually European!?

Study about the German Perception of EU policy

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