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

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

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.

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.

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 problem with our Blackberry society is that hardly anyone has time anymore to have an unhurried discussion about the long-term developments that will change our lives.

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