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January 18, 2012

Germany's Currency War Myth

Stefan Kaiser, Der Spiegel

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When such political adversaries as European parliamentarian Elmar Brok, a member of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservative Christian Democrats, and German Left Party bigwig Gregor Gysi agree on something, skepticism is warranted. Particularly if the two use almost exactly the same words.

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