Robots make things on their own and 3D printing does the rest. If this vision comes true, what will people be doing? Well, for one thing, devote themselves to more creative professions.

Lots of people work as freelancers for peanuts in start-ups and media firms in the hope their breakthrough is imminent. Many don't even make the minimum wage and their breakthrough never comes. Why this willingness to let themselves be exploited?

Germany and the US have a close economic relationship. In 2015 the US became Germany's biggest trade partner, but it hasn't always been plain sailing. The countries have a long, complicated trading history behind them.

To find out more about the candidates' economic programs, and the consequences for Europe, we speak to Almut Möller. She's head of ECFR Berlin Office (European Council on Foreign Relations).

No Lady Gaga, no House of Cards, no Brangelina, no Hollywood gossip, no coffee to go, no hamburgers, no iPhone... Our reporter is living a week of abstinence, how will he get on?

Chinese investors have embarked on a buying spree in Europe. 2016 looks set to be a record year for takeovers. We talk with Cora Jungbluth from the Bertelsmann Foundation.

It looked like a rapprochement between Russia and the EU. In 2012 a visa-free, “small border traffic” zone opened at the border between Poland and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad. Now the experiment in cross-border cooperation is over.

Tradition-oriented amateur chefs are giving it a miss. And yet customers are flocking to the Thermomix. Interest has been on the rise ever since the Wuppertal-based company Vorwerk digitized the kitchen tool.

For every start-up that makes it, nine others will falter. Even though failure in business is a regular occurrence, hardly anyone wants to talk about it. Oliver Lünstedt speaks openly about his business flop and tells other entrepreneurs his story.

The Ukrainian economy is on a slow upswing, and agriculture is productive. From small family farms to large agribusiness, farm equipment from German firm Horsch is in demand. The company has set up a factory in Ukraine.