Although a new government has been installed since this book was released, the authors nonetheless provides a deeply insightful and fresh view of the challenges Chancellor Friedrich Merz will need to overcome if he is to correct Germany's trajectory

Financial Times

A splendid book by authors who long ago detected Germany's fragility – and aimed at readers who take no pleasure in the sight of its precipitous decline

Yanis Varoufakis

The best polemic yet … The book's charge sheet is long and unforgiving [and they] prosecute their case with vigour and a terrific eye for detail. The book is especially good on the country's near-belle epoque levels of wealth inequality and social immobility

Oliver Moody, The Times Book of the Week

Reiter and Wilkes debunk several long-standing myths about Germany…the authors' in-depth analysis digs deep into the crisis without being defamatory. The analysis of the German mentality is sure to provoke some readers. But that's precisely where its strength lies: the authors avoid being easily categorised, which is often what stifles open-ended debates

Die Welt