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  • File Size: 1973 KB
  • Print Length: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt; 8 edition (September 6, 2010)
  • Publication Date: September 6, 2010
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
  • Language: German
  • ASIN: B004P1J6X2
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5.0 out of 5 starsIt needed to be said. Sarrazin was a willing martyr to political correctness.
By Graham H. Seibert TOP 1000 REVIEWER on March 27, 2011
Format: Kindle Edition
This is a book of statistics put together by a central banker. It is reminiscent of "The Bell Curve," another statistically heavy work which was notable only in that it addressed topics that were conventionally beyond discussion, such as the correlations among race, poverty, and intelligence. As with "The Bell Curve," only a minor part of Sarrazin's book deals with the unmentionable, politically incorrect topics.

Sarrazin devotes most of his effort to talking about ethnic Germans themselves. Each succeeding generation of ethnic Germans is approximately 1/3 smaller than the preceding. They have that many fewer children. Stated another way, the replacement rate for ethnic Germans is something around 1.4, whereas it takes 2.1 (children per woman) to maintain a steady population rate. Extrapolating, and using round numbers, the number of grandchildren is roughly half the number of grandparents. He makes the commonsense observation that this is no way to sustain a country.

This book frequently makes reference to the set of tables in his appendix, showing projections for the number of people within each age cohort for the next half-century, plotting an inexorable decline. He shows that the ratio of retired people to workers will shrink to about 1:1 in that time, and almost untenable proportion. He also computes that Germany's Gross National Product will perforce decline as the number of workers declines, marginal improvements in productivity notwithstanding.

What appears to be his main theme, though certainly not the chief thread in discussion of his work, is educated women's absence from the ranks of motherhood. The more educated a woman, the fewer children she has.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsJust confirms what many already know
By Amazon Customer on December 21, 2012
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Solid scientific foundation for his claims.

I love how he opens up with how reporters and politicians reacted to his book with hyperbole after hyperbole on how terrible and wrong it is, when it is evident that most of them never read the book since it wasn't even available yet.

It just shows the sad state of journalism where plagiarism is rampant, actual research rare. It also shows that politicians who in Europe are supposed to know better than regular citizens also known as commoners don't even bother to form their own opinion, but rather just parrot whatever the party and mainstream media is screaming.

It is a dry read.. And if German isn't your native language it can be a bit of a challenge. Why isn't there an English version of this book anyway?
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4.0 out of 5 starsSociety rifts
By H. Schneider on November 26, 2012
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Germany is now not remotely as divided as the US any more. While American rifts go much too deep for comfort and far exceed healthy levels of conflict in debate, German disagreements between political camps have often been of the not so exciting kind. You could also call that more civilized.

The book that I `review' here caused a heated controversy in Germany. Published in 2010, it achieved bestseller status and divided the population across party lines. Many of its supporters are right-wingers and populists, many of its critics are from the 'pro multi-culti' camp. But the front lines are not so easily demarcated. The book criticizes the current government as well as previous governments. The author was threatened with expulsion from the Social Democratic Party for his opinions. He seems to have a fairly broad backing in the population, though none of the important parties wants to support it.
Angela Merkel put her foot into it when she stated publicly that the book was not helpful, though she admitted that she had not read it.

The author was a top state banker and a state politician (on the `Land' level, as finance senator in Berlin). He is not a diplomatic talent, but a rather dry and meticulous personality, with a certain tendency to unnerve people. The reception of his book has seen a surprising amount of misrepresentation and unfair attacks. It is partly his own fault, as he seems to go fishing for opportunities to provoke. I was prepared to be negative, but found the book better than expected. More rational, more logical, more convincing. Quite improvable though.

What is it about? German population trends and long term international competitiveness.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsSo ein gutes Buch!
By James Bridge on May 10, 2014
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Thilo Sarrazin pulls no punches....if you are interested in politics and economics, and your German is up to snuff, get this book.

I've seen it in translation, but the title is mis-translated. Should be, "Germany is Destroying Itself--How we are putting ourselves at risk."
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