Helmut Wagner is a Professor of Economics at the University of Hagen and Co-Director of the Center for European and Asian Macroeconomic Studies (CEAMES). He has held prestigious visiting positions at leading institutions, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Princeton University, the University of California, and Harvard University. Additionally, he has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund, the Bank of Japan, Hitotsubashi University (Japan), and Xiamen University (China).