Nils Hesse

Nils Hesse (45) is an independent economist, researcher and publicist based in the DC area. He advises the Berlin-based think tank R21, for which he writes on economic and climate policy. As an affiliated fellow at the Walter Eucken Institute, he researches “Ordoliberalism and Populism” from a history of economic thought and public choice perspective. He also hosts an econ-climate podcast. 

Previously, he was a speechwriter at the German Federal Ministry of Economics, an economic policy advisor at the Federal Chancellery, an economic analyst at the European Commission, and a policy advisor to the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag. His articles appear regularly in publications such as FAZ, WELT, political magazines and economic blogs. He received his PhD in economic policy from the University of Freiburg in 2008.