Club of Vienna

Areas of Focus

• intellectual, cultural, ecological and economic potential in the area of conflict between regional and national interests
• the trend towards globalization
• possible scenarios for the city of Vienna.

  Founding president

• Rupert Riedl

  Current topics of the Club of Vienna

• Consequences of migration in Europe: opening of the east, transit, currents of traffic, economic consequences, social issues, culture; advantages and disadvantages
• Participatory decision-making in democracy
• Acceleration phenomena
• Non-material indicators of prosperity
• The new capitalism
• Europe in the 21st century – two differing speeds?
• Slaves and masters in information society
• Sustainability as an investment principle
• Examine "The Reasons of Growth"

  Literature

• Kapitalismus gezähmt? Weltreligionen und Kapitalismus, 2006. Verlag echo media, Vienna
• Wege in den Postkapitalismus, 2004. Verlag edition selene, Vienna
• Die Ursachen des Wachstums. Unsere Chancen zur Umkehr, 1996. Verlag Kremayr und Scheriau: Vienna