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Tom Fries Twitter: @tom_friesTom

Erstwhile neuroscientist ('97-'00), rowing coach ('99-'10), business student ('07-'09) and cupcake entrepreneur ('09). Now enjoying international work in the Germany and Washington offices of one of Germany's most prominent think tanks.
  • Democracy on Life Support: Is violent conflict possible?

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    These are long versions of the answers that experts gave us for the Lead Article “Democracy on Life Support” which deals with the rollback of democracy in some Eastern European countries. The article is focusing on the situation in Hungary. Below you find the answers from our three interviewees to […]

  • Democracy on Life Support: Why so popular?

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    These are long versions of the answers that experts gave us for the Lead Article “Democracy on Life Support” which deals with the rollback of democracy in some Eastern European countries. The article is focusing on the situation in Hungary. Below you find the answers from our three interviewees to […]

  • Democracy on Life Support: A broader crisis?

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    These are long versions of the answers that experts gave us for the Lead Article “Democracy on Life Support” which deals with the rollback of democracy in some Eastern European countries. The article is focusing on the situation in Hungary. Below you find the answers from our three interviewees to […]

  • Measuring the Modern Social Market Economy

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    Cortnie Shupe of the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Germany looks at a new tool to assess social market economies. [issuu width=420 height=297 embedBackground=%23000000 backgroundColor=%23222222 documentId=120807093332-5026182177ab479ab1983be900f68c8e name=mmsme_shupe_2012 username=tomfries tag=competition unit=px v=2]