"We're in the middle of a creative phase, a key growth area", Prof. Volker Wieland said in an interview with "Finanz und Wirtschaft" regarding the current situation. With the Macroeconomic Model Data Base Wieland had found "the most innovative approach" to drive the change and also involve critics, "Finanz und Wirtschaft" wrote. Researchers can contribute their models to the open data base so other researchers are able to replicate and possibly improve them, an "open source system in the service of science".
Finanz und Wirtschaft: "Die Ökonomie erfindet sich neu"