Tag: Middle class
Middle class: worries about a desirable group – economy
Belonging to the middle class is a German longing goal. This combines dreams like steadily more salary, nice vacation trips and your own property. Three quarters of Germans count themselves…
Top earners in the US are richer than the entire middle class economy
One percent beats 60 percent: for the first time since statistics were introduced a good 30 years ago, the absolute top earners in the USA have more wealth than the…
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann: “The voters are being kidnapped” – economy
Interview by Alexander Hagelüken Jörg Hofmann, 65, is just starting his vacation. But before that, the chairman of the largest German trade union, IG Metall, joins the election campaign: with…
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann: "Voters are being kidnapped with such promises"
IG Metall boss Jörg Hofmann criticizes the tax plans of the Union and FDP. Instead, he wants to improve the position of the middle class and low-wage earners – and…
Bundestag election: “The middle class is the packhorse” – economy
Interview by Alexander Hagelüken Stefan Bach, 57, has been dealing with the tax system in all of its sometimes absurd details for 30 years. The economist of the German Institute…