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• greeting
  Prof. Dirk Metzger, Vice President of the Technical University of Central Hesse
• greeting
  Kjetil Dahlhaus, Mayor of Friedberg
• The Economy for the Common Good: An Ethical Economic Model
  Christian Felber, initiator of the common good economy
• Living holistic management in medium-sized businesses
  Yasar Sköries, Managing Director of biokaiser GmbH
• discussion board

The 2025/26 winter semester begins with the 49th lecture series on the topic of Economics for the Common Good in Friedberg. It takes up the theme of the common good from the 2025 Friedberg Summer University and deliberately chooses the special location of Friedberg City Church. The event is being held in cooperation with the THM, the local Sustainability Office, the City of Friedberg, and with the kind support of the Friedberg Protestant Church.

After a welcome address by Vice President Prof. Dirk Metzger (THM) and a greeting from Friedberg's Mayor Kjetil Dahlhaus, we were delighted to receive a first-hand introduction to the Economy for the Common Good by its initiator Christian Felber from Vienna. He describes the Economy for the Common Good as an alternative economic system to capitalism and communism. It sees itself as an ethical market economy that is not based on the pursuit of profit and competition, but on the pursuit of the common good and cooperation. The goal of the Economy for the Common Good is to harmonize the laws of the market with the values ​​of democratic societies. Business success is not measured primarily by financial indicators, but by the common good balance sheet for companies and by a common good product for an economy. The GWÖ movement, founded in 2010, is implementing this vision on an economic, social, and political level.

The practical part of the evening will be presented by Yasar Sköries, Managing Director of biokaiser GmbH. biokaiser is a medium-sized company based in Mainz-Kastel and has been one of the organic pioneers in the bakery industry since its founding almost 50 years ago. Work at biokaiser is characterized by social value creation, consideration of the interests of various stakeholders, a sense of purpose, appreciation, and socio-political engagement – ​​according to a passage from the company's Common Good Report. In his presentation, Yasar Sköries will address the company's holistic corporate management and present the concrete implementation of the Common Good Report at Biokaiser.

Visitors will find out that evening why and how this event is taking place in Friedberg right now.