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Until recently, Germany appeared to be a paragon of economic and political success. Angela Merkel was widely seen as the true 'leader of the free world', and Germany's export-driven economic model seemed to deliver prosperity. But recent events - from Germany's dependence on Russian gas to its car industry's delays in the race to electric - have undermined this view. In 'Kaput', Wolfgang Münchau argues that the weaknesses of Germany's economy have, in fact, been brewing for decades. Reviews 'Eloquent and comprehensive deconstruction of the German model' - Harold James, Finan...Read More