Das Grobetae Unvermogen: Warum Wir Beim Reichwerden Immer Wieder Scheitern - Mit Einem Vorwort Von Helmut Schmidt - Tapa dura

We all wanted to get rich, earn a lot, work little, enjoy an early retirement - but this dream has vanished. Our shares are worth nothing, our pensions are shakier than ever and our first million is increasingly further away. Instead, 2.8 million households in Germany are heavily in debt. "What went wrong?" ask Marc Brost and Marcus Rohwetter and look for the causes why we understand nothing about money - despite a deluge of information in leaflets, books or TV programs. Why we always fail in our daily dealings with money. Why we are financially illiterate. Everyone talks about getting rich, but nobody about money. The subject of money is taboo in most families, and hardly ever occurs on the school curriculum. The results are dramatic: We trust advisors who only look after themselves. We pay expensive lawyers to help us recoup our lost investments on the stock exchange - and lose a second time. We know that we should save for our old age, but we do not know how. In so doing, we not only harm ourselves but also the entire national economy: If in future increasingly more old people spend increasingly less money, then the general wealth of the country decreases. The authors finally take our ignorance of money to task. Their book initiates an important discussion, since, after all, it is more than simply the question of 'Who wants to be a millionaire?'

Marc Brost is a qualified economist and, since 2002, deputy chief-editor of the economics section of the German weekly, Die Zeit. In 2001 he was awarded the Georg von Holtzbrinck Prize for economics reporting. Marcus Rohwetter is a legal expert and since 2000 editor for economics at Die Zeit. Both are recipients of the 2003 Ludwig-Erhard-Forderpreis for economics reporting.