Globalization: Powerful Economy – Powerless Politics?

Otto Graf Lambsdorff

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«Globalization: Powerful Economy – Powerless Politics?»

Speech by Otto Graf Lambsdorff

Former Minister for Economics of Germany

Is politics really losing power today, in the age of globalisation, and are companies becoming ever more powerful? This assertion has now become such a commonplace that it is rarely scrutinised for its truth. It is therefore worth taking a closer look – as is so often the case with popular statements in politics.

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