Professor of Macroeconomics and Economic Policy

Tom Krebs is a Professor of Economics at the University of Mannheim and a member at the German minimum wage commission. . Previously, he held faculty positions at Brown University, Columbia University, and the University of Illinois. He received his MSc in physics from the University of Hamburg and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University.

In his research, Tom Krebs studies  the effecct of economic  crises and economic policies  on growth, inequality, and quality of life.  He has published in leading academic journals and his work is  frequently discussed in the media. In 2019/2020, Tom  Krebs was the first visiting professor at the German Ministry of Finance. He has been an economic consultant to the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank , and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis..

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