Electricians, bakers and other skilled tradespeople are adapting to the modern world. That means mastering lots of hi-tech. 3D printing, for example, is set to revolutionise saddle-making! Apprentices can be way ahead of their employers.

Hardly any other presenter at DW is as distinguished as Gerhard Elfers - both in appearance and attitude. But a look behind the scenes shows that sometimes things can go awry for him too.

Geraint Anderson hit the headlines as "Cityboy" during the financial crisis. He provided an insider’s account of life in London’s banking district, reporting on reckless trading and cocaine-fueled orgies - and how he departed in 2008.

Companies, politicians, ordinary citizens can all fall for deceptions and succumb to delusions. What illusions bedevil the economy? We review the history from Plato’s allegory of the cave to government failure to company strategies that don't pan out.

A smartphone contains a range of rare earths. They make it vibrate and produce the color in the display. Increasing quantities of rare earths are required to satisfy the growing demand - but reserves are finite.

The price of lithium has tripled in the last three years. Lithium is the key element in producing the kind of high-efficiency batteries needed for electromobility. Can a lithium mine in Austria help reduce Europe's dependence on imports?

Pioneers tread new ground. They can bring about disease, war and misery, but also wealth and progress. MADE looks at the impact that pioneers can have on the world around them.

Rubin Lind was just 17 when he founded a company. His app Skills4School is a learning platform for highschool students.

At 17, Rubin Lind founded a company. Two years later, he left Germany for Silicon Valley. He wanted to test the myth that you can make it from penniless dishwasher to self-made man.

It can be tough for foreigners to settle in Germany, deal with the bureaucracy, learn the language, find a home and get a job. MADE meets some immigrants who have overcome the obstacles.