Kaput Quotes

“I recently came across a book written by Hans-Olaf Henkel, a former president of the Federation of German Industry lobby group, who in later life became a member of the European Parliament for the far-right AfD. One of Henkel's big complaints was that Germany had lost the textile industry; he failed to mention that this was the case for every other country in the Western world, too.”
― Wolfgang Münchau, Kaput: The End of the German Miracle

“The study was later formally retracted, and can no longer even be found on the internet. Speaking truth to power is not something that is generally rewarded in Germany.”
― Wolfgang Münchau, Kaput: The End of the German Miracle