In Italy August 2010 saw a true surge in the esteem of the German ways to do things -in fact the industrial conflict in the Fiat plant in Melfi was simultaneous to the brilliant results of the German manufacturing recovery. Said results were ascribed by many to 59 years of Mitbestimmung, the workers’ equal participation… Continua a leggere ANOTHER KEY TO UNDERSTAND GERMAN INGENUITY
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THE LESSON OF GUTTENBERG
Suddenly the Western political society has acquired a new protagonist, an almost heroic dramatis persona, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg. We non-Germans were allowed to ignore him- he only was a member of Angela Merkel’s cabinet. Since a few days he is the embodiment of courage, i.e. of a little honored concept on how a politician should… Continua a leggere THE LESSON OF GUTTENBERG