The past year has brought to light what so long was concealed under the veil of the German consensus model, writes Frank Vogelgesang.
Frank Vogelgesang
Frank Vogelgesang holds a degree in economics from the University of Freiburg and an MBA from Thunderbird. After working in The Americas for almost 10 years he now works as a self-employed international business consultant and freelance author in Germany.
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In Germany these days, "s-words" are held in high currency. Any public or private action has to be " sozialverträglich" (roughly translatable as socially compatible), everything from labor relations...
These are fascinating times in Germany, writes Frank Vogelgesang. In the country which is one of the last survivors of the classic European welfare state and, arguably, the one with the most encompassing public redistribution machine in the name of "social justice," some legal reforms came in early December of last year. Some commentators call the changes revolutionary, while others say they are just smoke and mirrors. What gives?
