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Focuses on de-industrialization of Germany and her transformation into an agricultural country. Role of former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau in outlining a plan for de-industrialization of Germany; Description of economic provisions of the Morgenthau plan which consists of a program for the destruction of Germany's heavy industries and a program for pastoralization; Statement that allied control over all of Germany's foreign-exchange transactions is a practical policy and her exclusion from cartels is an obvious lesson of experience; Account of Berlin Declaration which, in contrast to the Morgenthau plan, does not necessarily entail the de-industrialization of Germany, it proposes economic decentralization for the purpose of eliminating the present excessive concentration of economic power as exemplified in particular by cartels, trusts and other monopolistic arrangements; View that destruction of heavy industry would disorganize and contract international trade at a time when expansion is most urgently needed.

The article discusses business economics and changes in business conditions in Germany. Until recently, German business economists acted also as political economists do in the U.S., concerning themselves with theoretical problems as well as more narrower business conditions, which in turn made for a different system for higher education in business in Germany. The author mentions some of the changes in business conditions including the increased size of the business unit caused by vertical integration and price fixing. Debates whether the future business of Germany should be regulated or free is also discussed along with certain problems stemming from these changes.

The article discusses the trend and possible effects of the developments in political relations between Germany and Russia. Virtually all trade ceased with the start of the World War I, but after the development of the Soviet Union, several treaties and agreements boosted trade between the countries. The author looks at how trade between the two countries was able to grow steadily from 1920, although he points out that the in-between trade is mismatched. He also examines potential competitors for Soviet trade, but mentions that Germany is still in the number one position. The political implications of this trade relationship are discussed, with particular focus given to the impact in France.

Reports on the international expansion of the U.S. Power Trust with reference to the World Power Conference in Berlin. Investigations conducted by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee and by the Federal Trade Commission disclosing the fact that the American participation in the conference was designed to promote concentration of power control on a world-wide front; Criticism during sessions of the Senate Commerce Committee that direct government participation in the conference at Berlin was largely curtailed; Worldwide expansion of the electrical manufacturing and electrical communications.

In Germany the complete servitude of the men of knowledge to scoundrels of action became the essence of doom. But all over the world knowledge and power were — and still are — completely severed. Wars and revolutions, cyclic depressions, mass movements and political crises are but the secondary symptoms of a new fact or a new truth, born in some quiet laboratory, conceived by some creative brain and transformed into forceful aggressions as inescapable as the will of God. The state of this earth depends entirely on one's understanding of the structure and process of life and no human, activity, no justice, no freedom, no faith, no happiness can be maintained without such understanding.

The article focuses on the economy of Germany. In a radio speech in January 1958, German Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard warned that the nation's economic expansion is decelerating. It says that Germany's foreign-currency and gold reserves shrank by 150 million dollars in November and December 1957, construction decreased by 4%, and coal production had dropped in 1957 for the first time since World War II. It adds that unemployment had arrived at its highest level with 1,200,000 since 1954.