As of October 2008: Published in GralsWelt 49/2008 One hundred years ago, in October 1908, perhaps the most important automobile in history was presented. As a reminder of this milestone in the history of technology, the following story: “We were just in the typesetting room of the 'New York Times' when Mr. Ochs, our boss, appeared and made his way between the machines. The […]
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(Published in GralsWelt 14/2000) Failed development aid, ruined communism: Does Islam hold belief in the future? After the end of the Second World War, the destroyed cities in Europe and in the Far East were rebuilt faster than expected. So began a time of hope: the world economy was developing, and everything seemed doable with technology and democracy. Because there was by no means [...]
(Published in GralsWelt 6/1997) A biblical commandment and the practice of the economy The world economy is apparently unstoppable on the way to globalization, which brings changes at all levels of the economy. Seemingly inviolable principles of the welfare state and the trade union movement are shaken and force discussions about new forms of economic activity, the [...]
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(Published in GralsWelt 7/1998) “Mercedes Benz” also fell victim to the “global acceleration”. Since the end of the 19th century, German industry has earned an excellent reputation, and “Made in Germany” was and is to this day a globally respected seal of approval. (See "Made in Germany an obituary") The structure of the [...]
(Published in GralsWelt 2/1997) On August 23, 1887, the British Parliament passed a law requiring all goods imported into Great Britain to have the country of origin indicated either on the goods themselves or on the wrapping. This early "consumer protection law" was mainly directed against Germany, which in the last decades of the 19th century had huge exports [...]
(Published in GralsWelt 41/2006) An attempt at an opening balance for the third millennium. “In the approaching era, struggles between cultures are the greatest threat to world peace, and a culture-based international order is the surest protection against a world war. The future of peace and civilization depends on political leaders and [...]
(Published in Gralswelt 33/2004) “We will not create a new world until we have created new people.” Henry Miller (1891-1980) GLOBAL ECONOMIC AREAS Politicians never tire of assuring that the globalization of the world is an unstoppable, irreversible process that no one can stop or only delay. As if there were any human view, conviction, ideology, rule, measure, [...]
(Published in GralsWelt 34/2004) “If you disregard everything in the social contract that does not belong to its essence, you will find that it is limited to the following: Together we all, each of us, his person and all his strength under the supreme guideline of the common will; and we take, as a body, every member as an inseparable [...]
Published in 2021, supplemented in 2022. There are extremely different forecasts for the 21st century from a wide variety of social circles. On the one hand, we humans are looking enthusiastically at the possibilities of Industry 4.0 with its unimagined, almost limitless possibilities: Autonomous driving with electric cars is already being tested and is soon to become established worldwide. Through the Internet, everyone has [...]
