WORKING CLASS
Robert Misik in conversation with JULIA FRIEDRICHS
WORKING CLASS
Why we need work we can live from
The generation following the baby boomers is the first since the Second World War, the majority of whom will not surpass their parents economically. Although the economy has been growing for a decade, the majority in this country have hardly any capital, no wealth. But it has become more difficult to achieve prosperity through one's own efforts, especially for those who are now under 45. Half of them fear that they will be poor in old age. What are the causes of this major social upheaval, when did it start?
In her latest book, Julia Friedrichs spoke to scientists, experts and politicians. Above all, however, she has accompanied people who thought that work would carry them through life, who clean, teach, go to the office day after day and realise that it is not enough after all. They are the unheard half of the country. Julia Friedrichs tells their story.
Moderation Robert Misik, Author and journalist
Julia Friedrichs, born in 1979 in western Münsterland, studied journalism in Dortmund and Brussels. Since then, she has worked as an author of reports and documentaries for ARD, ZDF and Die Zeit. Together with the editorial team „docupy“, she produced the film „Ungleichland“. She has written several highly acclaimed books, including the bestsellers „Gestatten: Elite. On the trail of the powerful of tomorrow“ (2008), „Third-class Germany. Leben in der Unterschicht“ (with Eva Müller and Boris Baumholt, 2009), „Ideale. In search of what counts“ (2011) and most recently „Wir Erben. What money does to people“ (2015).
She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Axel Springer Prize for Young Journalists, the Young Talent Award of the Franco-German Journalism Prize, the Dr Georg Schreiber Media Prize and the Grimme Prize in 2019.
Julia Friedrichs:
Working class: Why we need work we can live on
Published on 01.03.2021 by Piper Verlag; 320 pages, EAN 978-3-8270-1426-9, € 22,70 [A]