Country: Germany

The ACCC wants to follow Europe’s lead and start fining airlines for cancelled flights. Germany is in recession while the Greek stock market is at new highs. AI leaders want us to worry about an AI extinction event, and Woolies is taking their trucking fleet electric. All this and more on this week’s Comedian v Economist.

Today Alec and Sascha look at the journey of legalisation, and ask - ten years in - has the legalisation of marijuana been a good idea?

Is it unsurprising then that global demand has skyrocketed? Sascha and Darcy ask - is there enough lithium to meet the world’s demand?

On the 24 February, Russia invaded Ukraine. In the aftermath, the condemnation from world leaders across the globe was swift and saw the arrival of unprecedented sanctions. Germany was one of the vocal voices speaking out - their Chancellor Olaf Schlolz called Putin’s actions “a blatant breach of international law”. They've also participated in the seizure of Russian citizen's assets - restricting the superyacht 'Dilbar' owned by a Russian billionaire from leaving its anchorage in Hamburg early in March. So then why has it been so difficult for Germany to wean itself off Russian gas? Today Bryce and Sascha examine this question.

Equity Mates is all about making markets accessible. For a long time now we’ve had a gripe with earnings calls. Why? They’re at inconvenient times, and they’re hard to find and listen to on demand. Last week Bryce and Alec made a deep dive on the US Tech Giants, but this week they turn their ears to Europe, and eavesdrop on some of the biggest companies you've never heard of (and some you definitely have) during their reporting season.

Why deep dive on an industry, when you can deep dive on an entire country? This week, it's 'Guten Tag' to all things Deutschland - or more specifically the DAX30... is a stock market index consisting of the 30 major German blue chip companies trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Bryce and Alec discover that the German economy is *not* just automobiles, and take a tour through the largest economy in Europe, with a pitstop looking at some of the biggest or most interesting companies.