I never knew my great-grandfather Friedrich Emil Krauß. I was born one year after his death. After the Second World War, he had to leave his homeland forever. My father is one of his grandsons. His family left Saxony in 1955 and found a new home in Baden-Baden. I grew up in the region of … Continue reading Friedrich Emil Krauss
Human-induced global warming is rooted in a strong commitment to economic growth and questions the very conditions under which we live. We are challenged to act with the entire human population in mind. It is important to use thoughtful standards for one’s own decision and it is time, on the one hand, to withdraw the … Continue reading Think around the globe
The figures of the Federal Statistical Office show growing average values for the net wealth of private households. The increase of around a third nationwide within five years is not irrelevant. In particular, for the new federal states and Berlin has the wealth relatively increased. In the meantime, these amount to almost half of the … Continue reading Private wealth is growing in Germany
The wealth of individuals that can be measured by money is distributed very differently. There are incomprehensible single fortunes. As these very large, hyper-solvent, and few single fortunes exert a strong controlling force, I see a need for a democratic state to counteract this financial imbalance. A democracy is based on equal rights and has … Continue reading Utilize our wealth together
Wealth is distributed very differently among individuals, which becomes evident when compared to a random distribution. Such a distribution occurs, for example, when a thread is randomly cut into many pieces, with the scissors being set at a random location each time. If the wealth of all people in Germany were distributed in this form, … Continue reading Intangible wealth
Around a quarter of a million people went onto the streets in Germany in September 2016 to demonstrate against free trade agreements. Several national newspapers reported on this with headlines such as “Tens of thousands protest against TTIP and CETA” and then focused to a large extent on the question of who had estimated how … Continue reading Free trade
