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Gerhard Matzig
Vatsal G. Thakkar, a Connecticut-based psychiatrist, is also an expert on depression as a clinical picture. “Depression and Bipolar Disorder” is the title of one of his books. He would therefore hardly allow what caused general dejection in the German media at the weekend and which, as a widely read horror report, could still be pushed in front of the reports on Afghanistan, hardly pass as a real depression. Or as a real crisis. Nevertheless, the D-word has been falling in the digital forums since then – in view of the apparently deeply disturbing news from Wolfsburg, according to which Volkswagen is abolishing the manual gearbox and driving a car with “gear stick and clutch pedal” is “obsolete” (Mirror online) wants to degrade.