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Episode: What's Happening in Germany?
Description: Podcast: The David McWilliams Podcast (LS 55 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: What's Happening in Germany?Pub date: 2024-11-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis week, we’re diving into Germany's political shake-up as the country heads for a snap election this February. Beyond coalition drama, there’s a deeper story here: Germany’s cultural obsession with saving and fiscal restraint—a "fetish for frugality" that hasn’t always served them well. Seen as both a national virtue and a strict economic doctrine, balanced budgets are gospel, a...