Germany's economic engine, the world's third-largest, has stalled, and its political class cannot agree on why or what to do about it.
The American economy has grown 12 percent in real terms over five years, while Germany's economy has not grown at all, highlighting stark contrasts.
German voters and politicians would have been delighted if their economy had grown even at a small fraction of the American rate.
Not all malaise is the same; the American economic discontent helped Donald Trump while German malaise leads to political stagnation.
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