On 23/09/2014 17:51, harryagain wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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http://www.spiegel.de/international/...-a-990903.html

"When Fratzscher, the head of the German Institute for Economic Research,
gives a talk these days, he likes to pose a question to his audience:
"Which country is this?" He then describes a place that has seen less
growth than the average among euro-zone countries since the turn of the
millenium, where productivity has only increased slightly and where two
out of three employees earn less today than they did in 2000.

Fratzscher usually doesn't have to wait long before people begin raising
their hands. "Portugal," one person offers; "Italy," says another;
"France," exclaims a third. The economist allows his audience to continue
searching for the right answer, until, with a triumphant smile, he
announces the answer. The country he is looking for, the one with the weak
economic results, is Germany."

F****d up by the EUSSR.

How ironic when natural gas prices are fixed by Russia aka USSR!