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What America's Manufacturing Sector and Labor Policies Can Learn From Germany

Michael Shank | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Social Democratic Party, Germany, Institute for Economics and Peace, Income Inequality, President Barack Obama, Trade, Labor, American Dream, Michael Shank, Credit Default Swaps, Bundestag, US Census Bureau, Unions, Derivatives, Tax, Manufacturing, Gdp, Insurance-Backed Securities, Thorben Albrecht, Financial Crisis, Business News
Michael Shank

The German manufacturing strategy is based on making existing products better again and again, or as a Mercedes ad put it: "We are inventing the car. Since 1886."

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Merkel Warns 'Affluence' Not A Given, As Germany Approves Euro Fund Boost

Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: European Debt Crisis, Video, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, European Financial Stability Facility, World War Two, Prosperity, Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Union, Bundestag, Peace, European Central Bank, Troika, Business News

BERLIN (Thorsten Severin) - Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Europe not to be complacent about its peace and prosperity on Wednesday, as German law...

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The Euro Crisis Is Serious but Not Lethal

Georges Ugeux | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Interest Rates, REpublic of Slovakia, Eurozone, European Stability Pact, Public Debt, International Monetary Fund, Fiscal Crisis, Ireland, European Union, Bundestag, Spain, Italy, Devaluation, Global Crisis, Fiscal Policy, Euro, Beijing, Deleverage, Greece, Germany, Ecd, Treasury, Banks, Europe, Portugal, Troika, World News
Georges Ugeux

The solution is in Europe, not in Washington or Beijing. Europe cannot continue to act irresponsibly and must assume its responsibilities to avoid a global crisis.

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Nuclear Power Ambivalence: the Fears and the Facts

David Ropeik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Germany, Melanoma, Carcinogen, Berlin, Who, Risk Perception, Co2, Merkel, Bundestag, Project Syndicate, Coal, Nuclear Industry, Radiation, Japan, Vaccines, Hibakusha, Electricity, Oil, Genetically Modified Food, Chernobyl, Nuclear Power, Green News
David Ropeik

Germany's ambivalence about nuclear power, common in many developed countries, is again on display following the decision by Chancellor Merkel and the...

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German History, the Financial Crisis and Democracy in Danger

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: German Hisory, Financia Crisis, German Economy, The Market, Albert Rupprecht, Chancellor Angela Merkel, Economic System, German Parliament Bank Rescue Committee, Democracy, 9/11 Commission, Germany, Bundestag, Finanacial Crisis, World News
Raymond J. Learsy

The Germans can provide us with a frightening cautionary example of where we might be headed during this financial crisis. They have been there, they have done that, and it wasn't pretty.

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