Tag: Book review
Are German family businesses an endangered species?
Dusseldorf We are proud of Goethe, Schiller, Porsche, Mercedes and the family businesses!” With this sentence, Tom Rüsen, Fabian Kienbaum and Arndt Kirchhoff, together with the author Viktoria Steiner, want…
How the internet and social media are changing our world
Dusseldorf Tiff sits at the computer for hours, assigning names and captions to pictures, marking photos with crowds of people, clicking on correct names, entering names from badly scanned slips…
Criticism of the relationship between Germans and money
saving jar Marcel Fratzscher considers the role model of the Swabian housewife to be wrong and sexist. (Photo: imago images/Kirchner Media) Berlin Marcel Fratzscher is noticeably annoyed, downright annoyed. “The…
The questionable business of Kindle entrepreneurs
Dusseldorf Mike Crownwood* is an avid writer. The financial expert published almost a dozen books from the beginning of 2019 to the end of 2020. His guide to stocks ranked…
Historians are reinterpreting the course of human history
War in Ukraine, corona pandemic, climate crisis, refugee flows, famine – something must have gone wrong in human history, despite all the progress. But what? And why? Why have so…
Why more female capital is also more worthwhile
business angel On average, female founders generate more sales with their start-ups than their male competitors. (Photo: imago images/Addictive Stock) No, the book Female Money is not another book with…
Female founders of the payment provider in an interview
The Makers What do you – or woman – have to lose when founding a company? (Photo: Getty Images) Dusseldorf They are a well-established team. Nina Pütz replaced Miriam Wohlfarth…
In Putin’s head – the logic and arbitrariness of an autocrat
Wladimir Putin The book “In Putin’s Head” was published in 2016 and is now being expanded to include a current chapter. (Photo: via REUTERS) It has now become fashionable to…
There is power in diversity
diversity Democracies can show what they can do against autocracies. (Photo: imago images/YAY Images) It was haunting, stirring words that Vitali Klitschko chose last week when he joined the Munich…
Literature Utopias: how to realize them
Dusseldorf A look at the recent present is sobering. War in Ukraine: Countless people die every day. Climate: Storms sweep through the country, the consequences of the flood in the…
Massimo Bognanni traces the Cum-Ex scandal
“Cum-Ex” stock deal trial A lawyer for the main suspect Hanno Berger holds a file in his hand in the courtroom before the start of the trial for “Cum-Ex” share…
Schwarzenegger calls on Russians to fight propaganda
Arnold Schwarzenegger “The authorities in the Kremlin started this war. This is not the war of the Russian people.” (Photo: IMAGO/SKATA) Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger has called on the Russian…
Ukraine war is the first world information war
It is exactly 60 years ago that the Canadian media philosopher Marshall McLuhan coined the term “global village”. In his book “The Gutenberg Galaxy”, McLuhan describes how the world is…
What separates Generations Y and Z
Dusseldorf There are issues that affect almost everyone: climate change, social inequalities, digitization, the changing labor market. At the same time, however, there are notable differences between the generations: some…
How Science Fiction Affects Our Progress
Furstenfeldbruck When you think about the future, what images come to mind? Flying cars? Astronauts slumbering in cryochambers on their way to Mars? Killer robots who want to destroy humanity?…
“Without Ukraine, Russia is not a great power”
Celebrations in Ukraine Pro-Russian activists celebrate recognition of separatist territory in Ukraine. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin These lines are a quarter of a century old, but they read like they are…
“Without Ukraine, Russia is not a great power”
Celebrations in Ukraine Pro-Russian activists celebrate recognizing separatist territory in Ukraine. (Photo: Reuters) Berlin These lines are a quarter of a century old, but they read like they are from…
Who is Our Chancellor by Mark Schieritz in book review
Hamburg In the biographies of most German chancellors there is an event that can be interpreted in retrospect as a moment when it becomes clear: someone here wants all the…
“Rich with NFTs” by Mike Hager in the book review
Advertisement for NFTs in Times Square, New York In scene language, a “drop” refers to the first sale of NFTs. (Photo: Bloomberg) His story, his success and his knowledge are…
Book review: AI – How much reality is in science fiction?
algorithms Supervision and regulation prevent negative effects of AI. (Photo: Stone/Getty Images) Science fiction exerts a great influence on technology. Many Silicon Valley visions were anticipated in science fiction. The…