wealth distribution Archive - Johannes Baumgart

Private wealth is growing in Germany

April 16, 2019Johannes Baumgart No Comments

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

Intangible wealth

October 7, 2018Johannes Baumgart No Comments

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