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Soccer success mirrors Germany’s secret strengths

by Olaf Storbeck on 28/05/2013

For the first time ever, both teams in Europe’s biggest championship were German. In …

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Tagged as Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund, Champions League, football, Germany, structural reforms

The Economics of Success – Why Bayern Munich will beat Chelsea

by Olaf Storbeck on 18/05/2012

I’m neither a supporter of Bayern Munich nor of Chelsea FC. In Germany, I …

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Tagged as Arjen Robben, Bayern, Champions League, Chelsea, Chelsea FC, Didier Drogba, FC Bayern Munich, Fernando Torres, football, Manuel Neuer

A bit of a looker – What Mercedes really likes about female football players

by Olaf Storbeck on 20/03/2011

Makeup, but what else? An awkward Mercedes ad featuring Germany's female national foodball team. …

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Filed under General Economics, Labour Market

Tagged as Andy Burton, Andy Gray, beauty, campaign, Daimler, Deutscher Fußball Bund, discrimination, Fifa Womens's World Cup, football, Gary Becker, gender, gender pay gap, Germany, Josef Ackermann, Kim Kulig, labour market, Mercedes Benz, national team, Sepp Blatter, sex


  • Olaf Storbeck



    Olaf Storbeck, born 1974 , is a columnist at Reuters Breakingviews. Based in London, he covers Germany, the euro zone and economics. Before joining Breakingviews in November 2012, he was with Handelsblatt, Germany’s business and financial daily, for twelve years.
    Opinions expressed here are personal.
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