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The Zeitgeist

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The Zeitgeist
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    Episode 155: The Transatlantic Investment Relationship

    09/17/2026 | 24 mins.
    Investment is the backbone of transatlantic trade, but foreign direct investment between the United States and Germany has fallen in both directions in the past year. The German Economic Institute’s …
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    Episode 154: Germany’s Autumn: The Regional and International Constraints on National Politics

    08/26/2026 | 43 mins.
    Approval ratings for Chancellor Merz and his government are at historic lows, the war in Ukraine is in its fifth year, and instability abroad has led to economic challenges at …
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    Episode 153: The Greens’ Next Steps

    08/13/2026 | 39 mins.
    Germany’s Green Party is no longer part of the federal government and is seeking a comeback. How can the party mobilize the electorate and counter growing fragmentation and extremism in …
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    Episode 152: How to Win a Trade War

    07/29/2026 | 32 mins.
    The global economic landscape is contested between China and the United States, with America’s partners such as Europe also playing important roles. China has pursued policies of one-way dependencies, and …
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    Episode 151: Soccer and Society

    07/15/2026 | 31 mins.
    The 2026 World Cup has been bigger than ever before; an expanded tournament of forty-eight teams has brought record-breaking audiences. On this episode of The Zeitgeist, Andrei Markovits discusses soccer …
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