“The new social question is: democracy or the rule of the financial markets. We are currently witnessing the end of an era. The neoliberal ideology has failed worldwide. The U.S. movement Occupy Wall Street is a good example of this.” EndsSocialDemocracyStreetsExampleMovementWallFinancialIdeologyErasGood ExamplesFinancial MarketsOccupy Wall StreetOccupy Movement Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“In Germany it is good if as many people as possible join initiatives and peaceful demonstrations against the rule of the financial markets. Worshipping the unfettered freedom of global markets has brought the world to the brink of ruin. We now need social and ecological rules for the market economy.” PeopleIfsWorldNeedsSocialEconomyWorshipFinancialPeacefulRuinsGermanyInitiativeDemonstrationEcologicalMarket EconomyFinancial Markets Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“Taming the financial markets and winning back democratic control over them is the central condition for creating a new social balance in Germany and Europe.” WinningSocialConditionsBalanceCreatingEuropeDemocraticFinancialGermanyFinancial MarketsTaming Author:Sigmar Gabriel
“We, the Social Democrats, are convinced that capitalism needs to be tamed a second time. The first time we achieved that in Germany for many decades with the social market economy. That is no longer enough. Now we need to do it in Europe and even globally.” NeedsFirstsEnoughSocialEconomyCapitalismFirst TimeEuropeDemocratConvincedDecadesGermanyMarket EconomyTamed Author:Sigmar Gabriel
