Marcel Fratzscher is a researcher, author, and columnist on economic and socio-political topics, president of the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), and professor of macroeconomics at Humboldt University Berlin. Among other things, he is a member of the United Nations High-level Advisory Board on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), a member of the Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry of Economics, and a member of the Board of Trustees of the Hertie School of Governance.

His work focuses on macroeconomics and financial markets, inequality, and the globalization and integration of Europe. He is a columnist for Zeit Online and regularly publishes commentaries in German and international media such as the Financial Times and Project Syndicate.

In March 2022, his new book Geld oder Leben - Wie unser irrationales Verhältnis zum Geld unsere Gesellschaft spaltet (Money or Life – How Our Irrational Relationship to Money Divides Our Society) was published, which dispels long-held myths in our dealings with money – with saving, debt, inflation and interest – and presents an analysis for future financial risks, provision, and wealth creation. His previous books Die Deutschland Illusion, Verteilungskampf - Warum Deutschland immer ungleicher wird, The Germany Illusion, and Die neue Aufklärung - Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft nach der Corona-Krise focus on the transformation of the economy and society and Germany's role in Europe and the world.

Marcel Fratzscher is German and European and lives in Berlin.