Photo: DPADespite the turbulence of the Weimar years, Germany has followed a steady capitalist economic model since the end of the Second World War. And a study published by Statista and YouGov on Tuesday shows that only 16 percent of Germans believe capitalism to be something that is on the whole positive. At the same time, 27 percent of Germans have an ambivalent attitude to the economic model, while 52 percent see it as a bad thing. Some 32 percent of Germans said that capitalism gave people with good ideas the opportunity to become rich. Of the five parties currently represented in the Bundestag (German parliament), only Die Linke (The Left Party) are staunch critics of capitalism.

Source: The Local August 15, 2017 13:18 UTC