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Germany’s Growth Upgrade: Forecasts, Household Money and the New Fiscal Trade-Off
Germany raised its 2026 growth forecast to 1.3% from 0.5%, and its 2027 estimate to 1.1% from 0.9%, citing greater resilience than expected amid geopolitical strains. The upgrade is a forecast, not a guarantee: this explainer traces how revisions affect budgets, borrowing costs and household choices, and what they reveal about Germany’s evolving fiscal framework.
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China's Economic Rise — The Most Consequential Development Story in History
In 1980, China's GDP was smaller than Belgium's. Today it is the world's second largest economy by nominal GDP and the largest by purchasing power parity, having lifted 800 million people out of poverty in the fastest large-scale development in human history. Here is how it happened, what drove it, and what it means.
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Human Capital Explained
How human capital drives economic growth, why education matters, and the skills gap challenge.
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Authoritarian vs. Democratic Governance — The Economic Record
Does democracy produce better economic outcomes than authoritarianism? The answer is more nuanced — and more important — than political rhetoric suggests.
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Peace, Power & Prosperity — Part 1: Why Stability Is the Foundation of All Economic Growth
Before examining history, it helps to understand the mechanism. This is why peace produces prosperity — not as a slogan, but as a sequence of specific, traceable economic forces.
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