Baustellen der Nation

Philip Banse & Ulf Buermeyer★★★★☆ · Read on Oct 25^th in Frankfurt, Germany

Philip Banse and Ulf Buermeyer take on 8 structural problems of Germany in these areas:

Infrastructure
Digitalization
Public transportation (esp. Deutsche Bahn)
Clean energy
Social inequality
Edcuation
Pensions
Federalism

They dive deep into each topic, adding references and suggesting solutions. This gives insight into the background of these problems, which people experience everyday. Sometimes it's the work of a political party, sometimes it's misunderstandings, more often than not it's just negligence.

In the epiloge, they adress their priviledged perspective and everyday racism in Germany. I love their weekly politics podcast Die Lage der Nation, and this book adheres to the same high quality bar. Great read!