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Why inflation in China is nowhere near as high as in the West
China has a stable currency Soldiers in Beijing: The Chinese population hardly has to worry about rising prices. (Photo: Reuters) Dusseldorf China seems to live in a parallel world when…
Human stupidity is systemic
I should have quit my job last week. I’m a co-founder of an edutech company, ada Learning, that helps companies and organizations upskill their leaders. I believe that people are…
Prüfer’s column: Tiktok for those who have forgotten their faces
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. There is a new filter on Tiktok called “Bold Glamour”. You may not have to explain what Tiktok…
Buyback: price growth through autologous blood doping
Buyback is the name of the new trend sport for top managers of listed companies. Maintaining the course at your own expense by buying back your own share certificates. This…
Asia is setting standards in digital payments and Germany is watching
store in Bangkok In Thailand, many locals use their smartphones when shopping and pay by QR code. (Photo: Bloomberg) Bombay If you are a foreign tourist on holiday in Thailand…
“Short Column Behavior” That Makes Buildings Risky in an Earthquake
We have seen for years that it is not earthquakes that kill people, but buildings that are not built to withstand earthquakes. It is useful to draw attention to the…
This column could have been a meeting
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. I recently read in the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” how to organize meetings properly. An estimate by the scheduling platform…
Examiner’s Column: Tin of Life
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. I read in the “Welt als Sonntag” that a new mining era is dawning in Germany: digging for…
Prüfer’s column: Only 70 seconds left
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. I learned that normal office workers can only stay on one thing for 70 seconds. When they’re busy…
Corporate management: Emotional intelligence was yesterday
Dusseldorf It always helps that you’re smart when you’re leading people and businesses. More importantly, your intelligence is immediately apparent. Three things turned out to be “must-haves” for the successful…
Prüfer’s column: leaf blowers against Christmas trees
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. I read in “Welt am Sonntag” that right now would be a good time to buy a television.…
A Youtuber avenges German victims
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Bangkok Dangerous-sounding calls caused unrest across Germany last year: “Hello,…
Prüfer’s column: doing nothing, but better
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. I started the new year with a lot of good resolutions, which I don’t have to go into…
Asia Technonomics: How Japan Plans Disaster Response
Tokyo main station S-Bahn and U-Bahn pillars are provided with additional layers of concrete and steel jackets to make them more resilient. (Photo: dpa) Tokyo On the horizon of Japan’s…
Singapore no longer wants cryptocurrencies – but the blockchain
Bangkok The crypto world slides from one crisis to the next. And a city-state in Southeast Asia often plays a crucial role. The financial metropolis of Singapore was the headquarters…
Gas price cap: EU countries threaten blockade
LNG tanker en route to a French port Many traders have diverted their ships to Europe. (Photo: REUTERS) Many companies are beginning to feel fooled. For months there has been…
In the future, Celebrations will be available without a bounty in Great Britain
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. There’s a candy mix that we serve more often called Celebrations, and it’s a product of the Mars-Wrigley…
Musk makes angry tweeters angrier
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. Now that Twitter is in the hands of Elon Musk, many people are horrified. Because on the one…
“We’re waiting for you in the meeting, where are you?”
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. We live in a throwaway society. We throw away everything possible and impossible. I just read in the…
“We’re waiting for you in the meeting, where are you?”
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. Scenarios for the great blackout are being designed at every opportunity today. If the power goes off, not…