Already a short time after the beginning of the war in Ukraine, the economic effects and burdens are felt - the domestic economy, is faced with challenges, but also the individual citizen will have to live in the future with the effects of the war, such as drastic inflation. Today we ask ourselves the fundamental question WHY does a war that happens directly on the borders of our country, actually have such drastic effects on Austria, what challenges will the domestic economy but also concretely each individual citizen have to face and what are at the same time the opportunities and especially new ways of thinking that can arise from this situation.