The ups and downs of pension reform in Germany
This paper traces the evolution of Germany's pension system from its origins as a political tool for worker pacification to a generous corporatist model, its subsequent scaling back to balance adequacy and sustainability amid demographic aging, and its current state of renewed political and economic controversy following a reform backlash around 2015.
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