Abstract
In the Zeitgespräch of the November 2025 issue of Wirtschaftsdienst, Adalbert Winkler expressed the view: “Die große Verwirrung: Schulden, Vermögen und Generationengerechtigkeit” that government debt does not burden the younger generation with net debt, but rather with a distributional conflict. Government debt therefore does not represent an intergenerational distribution problem, but rather an intragenerational distribution problem. Bernd Lucke and Dirk Meyer take a different view in their response. This is followed by a reply from Adalbert.
Language: German
Page range: 205 - 214
Published on: Mar 25, 2026
Published by: ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 12 issues per year
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© 2026 Bernd Lucke, Dirk Meyer, published by ZBW – Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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