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Europe w/ Anton Jäger & Dominik Leusder

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The Debt Break in Germany

I think that the epic punishment of social democratic parties and lefty parties in the 2010s is the culmination of a long process. In some cases it's more severe in Germany for instance the democratic party was heavily involved not only during the euro crisis but actually at the beginning of the euro. The commitment of social democrats and also the green party in Germany to fiscal discipline was very strange partly based on idiosyncratic German attitudes towards fiscal policy.

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