Well, even the FDP agrees: Brüderle backs big pay rises as economy booms - The Local

Workers hungry to share in the spoils of Germany's booming economy through higher wages have been given encouragement from a surprising place: the country's pro-business Economy Minister Rainer Brüderle.

Now, to talk about a "booming German economy" in October 2010 is a bit too celebratory, but still...

Keynesianism is intellectually hard, as evidenced by the inability of many trained economists to get it - Paul Krugman