Robots, automation and rationalization are once more the topic of discussion. One of the first demands of Chancellor Kern for a "machine tax" is reminiscent of the widespread view, that each machine automatically takes away people's jobs. Moreover, the current,…
We all allow ourselves to be polarized currently - by the media , events , friends and colleagues.
If this effect keeps amplifying, the spiral of ( social and physical ) damage thus induced will be even more difficult to stop .
This year, the term 'angry white men' can be found in the media quite often, especially in connection with the voters of the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The men who have lost their jobs, their reputation or their status, or…
According to the motto "It’s not failure that makes us fail!", the ’Junger Senat des Senats der Wirtschaft’( Young Senate of the economy Senat) is hosting a panel discussion, along with manageers, on May 10th, thus bringing to attention one of…
For many - including myself - it came as a surprise after all. I went to sleep on Thursday night during the first by-election survey, according to which 52 per cent of Britons supposedly voted for remaining in the EU. The…
SPOILER WARNING! Money Monster, the latest Hollywood film about finance, provides us with an (exaggeratedly chauvinist) market guru (George Clooney) - probably inspired by the CNBC’s very vociferous market expert Jim Kramer - and his financial tip show Money Monster,…
The Panama Papers: 11.5 million documents that shed light on a parallel society almost forgotten about, in times of the refugee crisis. Looking at 214000 shell companies and thousands of names, including many celebrities from sports, business and politics, one…
Discussion evening of „Väter ohne Rechte“ (fathers without rights) in Vienna Men and gender politics - that clicks! The Munich-based gender researcher John Meiners puts research results up for discussion. The relations betwen the sexes have changed a lot in Western…
Islam is a religion founded first of all on the Qur'an (referred to as Koran hereafter). It is the Holy Scripture which was dictated to the Prophet directly by God, according the Islamic faith. And in this document, there are…
Austria has elected, and this time voters’ level of education in connection to their sex has suddenly become an issue. For in this election people with Matura (equivalent to A-levels) predominantly voted for Van der Bellen, while those without largely…
The pollsters’ astonishment was great. Not even in the autumn of 2015 in Vienna had they been as far off as in the first round of the presidential election. Yet another head-to-head race, which failed to materialize. Given the ever…
The German state elections in Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt are fought, the results bring electoral victory for the current office holders and also resulted in an AfD now strongly represented in all three diets.
