WE INHERIT. WHAT MONEY DOES TO PEOPLE

Julia Friedrichs
Journalist and author

Three trillion euros will change hands in the next ten years. The post-war generation, which achieved prosperity in the old Federal Republic, will now pass on their wealth. Julia Friedrichs has met them: Heirs and testators. She uses numerous encounters to describe what this huge wave of inheritance means for our society. They live among us and yet remain hidden. We know them, and yet we know nothing about them.
Julia Friedrichs ventures into an almost invisible parallel society and tells the stories of people whose lives are determined by their heritage. She discovers a country that favours heritage and burdens labour like no other. Why is there hardly any debate about this inequality? And what does it mean for a society if it is mainly those who are born into the right family who lead a carefree life, rather than those who show commitment and ideas? In her search for answers, the author succeeds in creating a lively and multi-layered portrait of the people who will shape Germany in the future.

Moderation
Robert Misik, journalist and author

Julia Friedrichs
We heirs. What money does to people
berlinPublisher 2105
320 pages, hardcover with dust jacket
ISBN: 978-3-8270-1209-8
€ 20,60 [A]