German media repeatedly discuss the thesis, that residents in East Germany are dissatisfiedwith their life situation in comparison to those in West Germany. Therefore East Germanstend to moan. One intention of this essay is to answer the question, whether the East Germansare in fact dissatisfied...

In the last years more and more consumers evince increasing interest in fair traded products. This trade conceptis designed to help mainly producers of agricultural products to keep some basic social producing criteria. Thedifferent Fair-Trade-Organisations try to implement better work- and life...