English Issue 29-30/2026

The foundations of our social well-being are not laid down by parliamentary debate. Our economic well-being reflects how we treat one another. Could that mean that a contract is nothing more than a congealed capacity for trust? And that a market is nothing more than the sum of relationships in which we believe in each other? In this week’s issue, such connections are explored in a conversation between physician Karin Michael and lawyer Friederike Mainz of the World Goetheanum Association.