Kids and companies do the darndest things, like inventing an imaginary $2 billion. Well, maybe not the kids.
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Tag Archives: Germany
Sanctioning A NATO Ally
The 75th anniversary of V-E Day approaches with NATO strained by new U.S. sanctions against a project Germany sorely wants.
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Germany’s Impulse To Save
German emphasis on thrift stands in contrast to American consumerism – and both have pitfalls when carried to extremes.
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Responding When Past Darkness Comes To Light
Some prominent brands have historic links to Nazi abuses. How can they make amends when perpetrators and victims are gone?
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Merkel Spins Out
Germany’s Angela Merkel has succeeded in uniting her formerly divided country … against herself and her party.
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The Other WWII Battlefront In Europe
Far from the famous European battles of World War II, Germany’s biggest warship confronted the Allies in the far north.
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What Hyperinflation Looks Like, In Color
Images of nearly worthless cash piled next to the goods it can buy recall Weimar Germany, but come from today’s Venezuela.
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What If Hitler Escaped?
Side note from the JFK files: The CIA considered the chance that Hitler escaped to South America after WWII. Suppose he did?
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Unstacking The Power Deck
America’s most effective weapon against greenhouse gas emissions? Fracking.
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Berlin Loses A Slice Of America
A postwar relic became history when an American public radio station shuttered its outlet in Berlin.
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