El artículo concluye que es falso que los alemanes sean más pobres. Simplemente la riqueza está peor repartida. Aunque no lo dicen, pienso que aún peor es que la riqueza alemana es capaz de generar flujo de caja en mayor medida que la de los países del Sur.

A recent ECB household-wealth survey was interpreted by the media as evidence that poor Germans shouldn’t have to pay for southern Europe. This column takes a look at the numbers. Whilst it’s true that median German households are poor compared to their southern European counterparts, Germany itself is wealthy. Importantly, this wealth is very unequally distributed, but the issue of unequal distribution doesn’t feature much in the press. The debate in Germany creates an inaccurate perception among less wealthy Germans that transfers are unfair.

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