“Austerity Must Go from the Top Down” – Heinrich Böll

„Austerity must go from the top down“

Heinrich BöllHeinrich Böll on austerity, social justice, and the responsibility of political and social elites.
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Heinrich Böll was a German writer and an important author of the postwar period.

Heinrich Böll argues pointedly that austerity measures should begin with those in positions of responsibility.


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Heinrich Theodor Böll (1917–1985) was a German writer from Cologne. As a narrator of postwar German literature, he depicted urban destruction, the hunger and hardship of survivors, and the homecoming and disillusionment of returning soldiers. His well-known short stories include “Wanderer, kommst du nach Spa…,” “The Bread of Our Early Years,” and “Dr. Murke’s Collected Silences.”

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