Germany is often considered an economic role model for the rest of the world, with low unemployment, a strong welfare state, first-class manufacturing and government budget surpluses. But there's another side to the German economy. Economist Marcel Fratzscher of the German Institute for Economics Research joins Matt Klein to explain.
Angela Nagle on the online culture wars
Nouriel Roubini on the US-China Thucydides Trap
Jay Shambaugh on the tools to fight the next recession
Joel Mokyr and the curse of Adam
Will Davies on populism, data and experts
Robert Kaplan on jobs, oil and credit
Ajay Royan searches for the next growth frontier
Banking culture since the crisis
Kimberly Clausing makes the case for open economies
Alphachat Live! Raghuram Rajan and Ashley Putnam on community
The IMF's Tobias Adrian on stability
Bonus: IMF's Vitor Gaspar on debt
Odette Lienau on the most complicated debt restructuring in history
Yanis Varoufakis: "Democracy is a very fragile flower"
Brexit: Too late now to get the milk out of the tea
Immigration: comparing this wave to the last
Andrew Keen on the internet: misery is not the answer
Waltraud Schelkle and Ashoka Mody: Is the eurozone fixable?
What China wants: Brad Setser, and Freya Beamish
Germany's China shock
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
FT News Briefing
Political Fix
Money Clinic with Claer Barrett
FT World Weekly
FT News in Focus