In a rapidly changing world, MADE in Germany examines the risks and benefits of digitalization and its impact on the way we work, what we earn and how we live.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 17 hours 30 minutes
US - How free will trade be?
To find out more about the candidates' economic programs, and the consequences for Europe, we speak to Almut Möller. She's head of ECFR Berlin Office (European Council on Foreign Relations).
Transatlantic relations
Germany and the US have a close economic relationship. In 2015 the US became Germany's biggest trade partner, but it hasn't always been plain sailing. The countries have a long, complicated trading history behind them.
Thermomix: the hype over a kitchen appliance
Tradition-oriented amateur chefs are giving it a miss. And yet customers are flocking to the Thermomix. Interest has been on the rise ever since the Wuppertal-based company Vorwerk digitized the kitchen tool.
Kaliningrad: visa-free border traffic suspended
It looked like a rapprochement between Russia and the EU. In 2012 a visa-free, “small border traffic” zone opened at the border between Poland and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Now the experiment in cross-border cooperation is over.
Talk: China's acquisitions in Europe
Chinese investors have embarked on a buying spree in Europe. 2016 looks set to be a record year for takeovers. We talk with Cora Jungbluth from the Bertelsmann Foundation.
Talk: The Ukrainian economy
Ukraine's hard-hit economy is slowly recovering. But corruption and powerful oligarchs are hampering progress. We talk with eastern European expert Manuela Troschke about the Ukrainian economy.
Farm machines for Ukraine's "black earth"
The Ukrainian economy is on a slow upswing, and agriculture is productive. From small family farms to large agribusiness, farm equipment from German firm Horsch is in demand. The company has set up a factory in Ukraine.
Failure: I'm all for it!
For every start-up that makes it, nine others will falter. Even though failure in business is a regular occurrence, hardly anyone wants to talk about it. Oliver Lünstedt speaks openly about his business flop and tells other entrepreneurs his story.
Super Cows - and milk for a song
She's just 3 years old and she's had 2 calves. Her life consists of eating, sleeping, being milked and standing around in a field. She gives over 50 liters of milk a day. She's Emilie, the star among 800 dairy cows. And her milk sells for a song.
Is traditional farming in crisis?
Sabine Ohm, an economist and EU consultant for Germany's largest animal welfare organization PROVIEH discusses misdirected EU subsidies and necessary changes in food production.