How can our society and the entire world become fairer and more liveable?

Ludger Wentingmann explores this question at various levels. He looks at the political tasks that urgently need to be tackled - from financing pensions to a more sustainable, resource-conserving economy.

But he is also interested in people and their needs, both as individuals and as part of society. He describes how genuine communication can succeed and what it demands of the individual. Wentingmann advocates empathy, honesty, optimism and the courage not to look the other way when things go wrong. Because even if the world is becoming ever more complex and less transparent, only we can change it for the better.