Wolfgang Kessler (journalist)

Wolfgang Kessler (born September 24, 1953 in Ravensburg ) is a German journalist .

Life

Kessler studied economics in Konstanz , Bristol and at the London School of Economics and Political Science . During his studies he also got involved with Amnesty International . After receiving his doctorate in 1982, he worked for the International Monetary Fund until 1983 .

Then he worked as a journalist. In 1991 he started as head of the “Politics and Society” department at the Christian magazine Publik-Forum . From 1999 to 2019 he was editor-in-chief there. He also writes for other newspapers such as the Frankfurter Rundschau , the Badische Zeitung , the daily newspaper , the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (CH), the Aufbruch (CH) or the newspapers for German and international politics .

In addition, he gives lectures, e.g. B. at the Kirchentag in Cologne in 2007, for which he was honored with the Bremen Peace Prize in the same year .

In 2020 he will receive the Walter and Marianne Dirks Prize for his many years of professional work .

family

Wolfgang Kessler is married and has one son.

Works (selection)

• Worldquake. Ways out of the globalization trap. Published in 2002, in 2004 in an expanded version, in 2007 in the seventh edition; ISBN 978-3-88095-125-9
• Social future: a guide to more justice . 2004, ISBN 978-3-88095-137-2
• Geld und Gewissen , 2004 (2nd edition), edited by Antje Schneeweiß and Wolfgang Kessler. ISBN 978-3-88095-139-6
• Against the prevailing emptiness: New perspectives for politics and economy , 2005, Stephan Hebel , Wolfgang Kessler and Wolfgang Storz , ISBN 978-3-88095-148-8
• Do it better - change the world and enjoy life . 2007, edited by Stephan Hebel and Wolfgang Kessler, ISBN 978-3-88095-162-4
• Money makes the world go round. Who rules the money? . 2012, ISBN 978-3-88095-239-3
• Future instead of gambling. Lived alternatives to an unleashed economy. 2013, ISBN 978-3-88095-253-9
• The art of changing capitalism . 2019, ISBN 978-3-88095-331-4

Web links

• Wolfgang Kessler is an economist and Swabian, in: Publik-Forum (accessed on December 28, 2019)

Individual evidence

1. ^ University thesis The International Monetary Fund and Social Democracy , d. eerie. Meeting of two opposing Combat concepts d. Economic crisis in Great Britain, Portugal a. Jamaica by Wolfgang Kessler. Hartung-Gorre, Konstanz 1982, DNB 821102354
2. ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau, authors, accessed on December 28, 2019.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Laudation for Wolfgang Kessler 2007 , (PDF, 101 kB), accessed on December 28, 2019.
4. ↑ dieschwelle.de, Commitment to Justice, Peace and the Preservation of Creation in Germany: Wolfgang Kessler , accessed on December 28, 2019.
5. ↑ dieschwelle.de, Peace Prize 2007, accessed on December 28, 2019.
6. ↑ bistumlimburg.de of March 27, 2020, journalism with a critical Christian profile , accessed on March 29, 2020.