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Is the German economy going down the drain?

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October 17, 2024

Growth is back across the G7 – except for Germany. Its economy has shrunk for a second year. Does Berlin have a plan to turn its fortunes around - or is the Scholz government part of the problem? Our guests: Valerie Höhne (Süddeutsche Zeitung), economist Vendeline von Bredow and author and journalist John Kampfner.

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Valerie Höhne,

a journalist with Germany’s leading liberal broadsheet Süddeutsche Zeitung

 

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Vendeline von Bredow,

Berlin correspondent for the Economist magazine

 

 

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John Kampfner,

a British writer and journalist

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