10 Facts About Lars Feld

Lars Feld is a prominent advocate for a German strand of economics, ordoliberalism, that staunchly rejects public debt.

Lars Feld obtained his doctorate and habilitation in economics in 1999 and 2002, respectively, both from the University of St Gallen.

From 2002 until 2005 Lars Feld was visiting academic in economics at the University of Rennes 1.

Since 2008 Lars Feld has been a member of the Kronberger Kreis of the Stiftung Marktwirtschaft and in this context calls for more private liability within the European bank union.

From 2006 until 2010 Lars Feld held the chair for finance at the University of Heidelberg.

Since September 2010 Lars Feld has been professor for economic policy at the University of Freiburg and serves as lead executive at the Walter Eucken Institute.

From 2011 to 2021, Lars Feld served as a member of the German Council of Economic Experts; in 2020, he became the body's chairman.

Lars Feld left the position in 2021 after he was not reappointed to a third term by Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz.

Since 2013, Lars Feld has been serving on the advisory board of the Stability Council, a body devised as part of Germany's national implementation of the European Fiscal Compact.

In 2022, Lars Feld declined an offer to lead the Institute for Advanced Studies.