Germany's population is getting older and older and smaller and smaller. To be able to finance our welfare system over the long term, we need more women in the workforce, more children and more immigrants.

A Facebook message will never be able to replace face-to-face interaction.

Debt is not intrinsically bad. But I make clear to my children that they should only borrow as much as they will be able to pay back.

The heads of leading American universities say that if they selected applicants based on grades alone, their student bodies would be 100 percent Asian.

Everything that individuals ever say or write can be used against them at a later point.

Facebook and other social networking sites are bringing together spheres that used to be separate. People no longer have private and public lives; the line between the two is becoming blurred.

Since loans are getting more expensive and there's less money available, we're seeing a commensurate decline in growth. Higher costs and lower growth, in turn, translate into lower profits. Figuratively speaking, in the future, we won't be able to run as far or jump as high as we used to.