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Thinks: German government can borrow for peanuts (i.e. negative real rates); equities "should" return around 4% real per annum; let German government increase borrowing and buy equities to fund pensions! What could possibly go wrong?

I had a quick look through the English language version of Scope's report (thanks for the link) and it didn't seem to mention any potential significant problems/risks with the approach they suggest. It really does seem to be an "all pros and no cons" sales pitch. At the very least, they might want to run it by the UK's John Ralfe; I'm sure he'd have some interesting views on this.

Maybe I'm being overly harsh on this proposal, but I think it pays to be wary of ideas that seem to be "too good to be true".

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