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What in the world is happening on Wall Street?

Economic indicators.

Who knows where this is going to end up?

To understand the economy, you have to understand human nature.

Welcome to the David McWilliams podcast, the podcast that aims to make economics accessible, uncomplicated, and as relevant to your life as possible.

This week, because I've just come back from Germany, we're going to talk about Germany, its role in Europe, and what I would call old, more Germanic parts of Europe,

what used to be called Middle Europa, Middle Europe.

What's going on there and why it's relevant?

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John, how are you, man?

Very good.

Busy all week.

Yeah, you're working hard, aren't you?

Oh, yeah. It's the usual thing of a bit like yourself and coming up to the Docky Book Festival,

but I'm also going on holidays and just trying to get stuff done.

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