I was awarded my first doctorate in history in 1986 and my second, this time in sociology, in 2016. I started my career at the Central Institute for Social Sciences Research at the Free University of Berlin and went on to become department head at one of Germany’s leading daily
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With a wealth of facts and figures on poverty, hunger, environment and health, this article proves that capitalism is much better than its bad reputation would suggest.
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One of the arguments most frequently cited against capitalism is that it destroys the environment. What does this argument get right—and what does it get wrong?
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