Germany is killing its economy – and Europe’s, too

L’Allemagne en « déclin » : des économistes donnent l’alerte
▻http://www.lefigaro.fr/conjoncture/2014/09/29/20002-20140929ARTFIG00137-l-allemagne-en-declin-des-economistes-donnent-l-a

Les pauvres en Allemagne meurent de plus en plus jeunes
▻http://lexpansion.lexpress.fr/actualite-economique/les-pauvres-en-allemagne-meurent-de-plus-en-plus-jeunes_1344425.

Germany is killing its economy – and Europe’s, too
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/09/germany-is-killing-its-economy-and-europes-too

Germany is stubbornly sticking with spending cuts (...), and it’s making the rest of Europe do the same.

It’s an austerity suicide pact, and Germany doesn’t even want the ECB to cushion the blow. It turns out, though, that forcing your customers into a worse depression than the 1930s isn’t good for you, either. It’s left Germany, which despite its image as an economic powerhouse has only grown 1.1 percent a year the past decade, teetering on the edge of its own slump — with Russian sanctions maybe enough to push it over.

Germany Gets Walloped by Its Own Austerity | #austérité
▻http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-01-14/germany-gets-walloped-by-its-own-austerity