Spend, sometime: Germany’s economic shift

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• Episode: Spend, sometime: Germany’s economic shift
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• Duration: 00:21:46
• Published: 2020-06-11 12:00

After decades as the continent’s penny-pincher, the country seems to be splashing out. That isn’t just a covid-19 response; a big thrift shift was already under way. Burundi’s brutal outgoing president of 15 years has died. Will his chosen successor be any better? And after some serious number-crunching, The Economist launches its US presidential forecast.

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