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When a  few years ago I first got interested in this topic, I obsessively read all I could about it. The oldest paper I found at that time was from 1965 and bore the title: “Women in Science: Why So Few?” Yes, it’s the same as the title of the current posting […]

National leaders and EU officials often use bureaucratic language to obscure controversial policies. This not only serves to confuse and alienate European citizens, but it undermines the democratic legitimacy of the Union and this will have to change as it acquires more powers. Last week’s high-level Belgo-German Dialogue took place […]

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder’s signature “Agenda 2010” welfare and labor reforms may have established the foundations for Germany’s economic success, but these came at the expense of both social security at home and European neighbors abroad. The European Left has yet to recover. “Europe will be Socialist or it will […]

At their annual conference, Bertelsmann Foundation discusses a new idea for an international non-profit credit rating agency (INCRA), which will change both the governance and models of credit rating agencies.

Proper policy formulation is becoming increasingly difficult as greater uncertainty, goals, and divergent paths put roadblocks up for international coordination and forecasting.

Bertelsmann Foundation hosts its annual economic conference.