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
Facts: What a waste!
In Germany, 40 percent of food is thrown out. The nation's closets are full of unworn clothes, its fridges and bins full of uneaten food. We've compiled some statistics on wastefulness.
Straight Talk: Roland Alter
Roland Alter is a professor of business studies at the University of Heilbronn who researches the effects of chronic penny-pinching on the economy. We talk to him about Anton Schlecker, whose cost-cutting was the ruin of his family business.
Portrait: Life on the breadline
Increasingly, retired people are discovering that their pensions are not enough to live off. We meet an elderly woman who gets by on 5.60 euros a day.
Dresscode: The sartorial sins of Mark Zuckerberg
When the T-shirt CEO dons a suit, something has to be wrong. In this episode of DRESSCODE Gerhard Elfers shows why Mark Zuckerberg’s contrite appearance before US Congress was simply disrespectful.
Iceland and the global financial crisis
In 2008 the island was Europe’s main problem child, on the verge of bankruptcy. Just 10 years on, its economy is among the best performers in Europe. How was that possible, and can other countries learn from Iceland?
The tech hub hype
Tech hubs bring start-ups from the same sector under one roof. The idea is for them to work together in order to become major players. Does it work? We looked around a fin-tech hub in Berlin.
Investment bankers on the big screen
German-Luxembourgish TV series "Bad Banks" follows a career-driven young woman as she brings the European financial system to the brink of ruin. Doctored accounts, insider trading and then betrayal - how much reality is in the fiction?
Face to Face: ‘I sold my soul’
Geraint Anderson hit the headlines as "Cityboy" during the financial crisis. He provided an insider’s account of life in London’s banking district, reporting on reckless trading and cocaine-fueled orgies - and how he departed in 2008.
Lessons from the financial crisis
Is the financial crisis over? While taxpayers were left to foot the bill, the rules for the industry have been tightened. The new requirements for banks, however, still do not go far enough. We explain why.
Don't call me Bossy: women & football
This year's World Cup has a female commentator in Germany for the first time. Social media reacted with scorn and sexism. That's typical, says Cristina Cubas. Why aren't female sports journalists taken seriously?