Overview
- The live broadcast begins at 23:15 CET on ZDF, with the episode available shortly after on the ZDF Mediathek.
- The program probes the status quo of Germany's economy, focusing on industrial policy and future technologies.
- Guests include economists Andreas Peichl, Moritz Schularick and Rüdiger Bachmann, plus journalist Julia Löhr and historian Harald Jähner.
- Peichl examines causes of the growth slowdown, while Löhr highlights pressures facing Germany's industrial base.
- Schularick calls for faster defense investment and says the government lacks an "intellectual power center," while Bachmann warns Germany is sleeping through the AI revolution and Jähner offers postwar lessons from the Wirtschaftswunder.