sentences:  In turn, the Bertelsmann Stiftung has often been characterized as a proponent of economic liberalism, but this is also controversial; some critics have also labeled the Bertelsmann Stiftung neoliberal.In 2006, the author and journalist Harald Schumann discussed the non-profit status of the Bertelsmann Stiftung in the Tagesspiegel newspaper.According to Schumann, the "shadow government in Gütersloh" runs on de facto on public money, because Reinhard Mohn saved an over €2 billion in inheritance and gift taxes when he transferred three-quarters of the Bertelsmann Group capital shares to the foundation.