(first published in German in “Freitag”, 20 January)
Globalisation has become the talk of the town. People no longer want to be so dependent, many say. In future, one cannot simply rely on the efficiency gains of globalisation, say others. It must be possible to produce all important products at home, …
In December last year, Patrick Kaczmarczyk and I pointed out that even 20 years after the great currency drama in Argentina, neither the country nor the international community have found a way to bring the Argentine economy back to a normal path. …
Catastrophic events can carry the seeds of fundamental improvement. Thinking beyond the day, it is clear that a future peace can only be permanently secured with new concepts. Perhaps the West, and Europe in particular, will now finally learn that this requires much more than open markets. …
