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The wrong system?

Something is wrong at our company. Very, very wrong. I think the whole system needs changing, but nobody else seems bothered about it. So, last week, I tried to introduce a new system.

sich daran zu stören schönen

Heavy reading

If anyone out there in cyberspace has any opinions on this book, I’d love to hear from you. I must admit that I’m struggling a bit.

kämpfen, sich schwer tun

The pre-Christmas period probably seems as though it was a hundred years ago. But let me take you back to a discussion from the beginning of December about how Christmas presents destroy value. Well, not always.

Vorweihnachtszeit

Scene from Ang Lee's 2005 Brokeback Mountain

The best of the decade

The end of the year is approaching and this time round it also marks the end of the first decade of the new millennium. So what were the top five films of the “noughties”?

dieses Mal

das erste Jahrzehnt, die Nullerjahre

"Google's book-scanning project will make _____ books available again."

Out-of-print, out-of-service or out-of-date?

The value of reading

I am currently reading a book that can be summed up in two words: bloody expensive. Let me explain what I mean. Last time I looked, the book was priced at €87.99. That's what I call bloody expensive. But is still excellent value.

zusammenfassen

ifml. verdammt

Capitalism in trouble? (1)

I knew that capitalism was safe almost as soon as I arrived at Munich airport last Friday. There in front of me was proof of the resilience of an economic system based fundamentally on the idea of free markets and invididual property rights.

Belastbarkeit, Stabilität

The next new trend

If you want to write a best-selling book, you need two key elements: a one-word title and good timing. If you jump on the bandwagon of a trend too late, nobody will be interested. This is why we now need a book about loving bankers.

auf den fahrenden Zug aufspringen

Quiz: "off the books" or "off the record"?

"I can't believe he wants to work _____. He should pay his taxes like everyone else!"

Could do (much) better

Why are some people more successful than others? Is it just because they are more talented? Or is it because they work harder? Or do their family backgrounds give them advantages? Or are they just lucky? It's all those things. What a surprise!

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