In WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE on September 14, 2025, one could read: "Nobel Prize winner in economics Paul Romer on the most effective remedy for Germany's weak growth, the best EU subsidy, and Trump's dangerous game."

Jeanne DETALLANTE c/o 2AGENTEN illustrated Paul Romer for WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE.

In 2018, Paul Romer received the Nobel Prize in Economics – together with William D. Nordhaus. Romer was honored for the "integration of innovation into long-term macroeconomic analysis."

In his recent interview with Wirtschaftswoche, Nobel Prize winner in economics Paul Romer expresses extreme pessimism about the future of the USA under Donald Trump. His topics: a lack of crisis awareness, a lack of critical thinking, a lack of population growth... and the danger of a dictatorship looming on the horizon.