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German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
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Low wages in minijobs as the blemish in the "Jobswunder" in Germany
05/26/2010
A quick look at the graphs for the increase in low wage jobs and the reduction in the number of people classified as jobless in Germany for 1999- 2010 shows a disturbing trend beneath the good numbers- a significant part of the increase in jobs is made up of low wage jobs. In the beginning the minijobs and tax free income for upto 450 euros a month earned on a minijob was designed to be a ladder to full time jobs, but this is now clearly not the case as most offer no future prospects for full time work. Many of these workers are women in retail, restaurant and other parttime work and leads to further dependency and dead end status for them.
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Women and low wage minijobs in Germany
08/14/2010
Germany's Ministry for Family Affairs recently completed a study showing minijobs for women in retail, healthcare and other fields puts women in deadend jobs and a situation of "lifelong economic powerlessness and dependence for women." The numbers for minijobs paying low wages in parttime work show large increases in 1999-2010, the same period when unemployment declined in Germany to 6.9% by 2013.
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'Minijobs' Lift Employment But Mask German Weakness
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2013
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
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Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
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Unemployment in Germany 2009-2013
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German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
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Germany's Social Democrats Agree to Coalition Talks With Merkel
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Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
New York Times 12/03/2013
German politics: Of scissors and biting
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Temporary workers in Germany
01/07/2008
A surge in temporary workers in Germany who are paid less and do not have the same benefits as regular workers.
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German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
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Europe's Easy-Money Policy Snubs German Savers
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Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
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Amazon Wage Dispute Spreads Beyond Germany
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The 2013 elections in Germany
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The September 2013 elections for chancellor in Germany
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German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
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German Election Overturns Political Order
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The growing low wage sector as downside of Germany's improving unemployment rate in 2009-2013
01/04/2008
The unemployment rate dropped to 7.6% in Germany in 2009 an 6.9% by 2013. Experts says this is a result of the rapid growth in the sector paying low wages.
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'Minijobs' Lift Employment But Mask German Weakness
Wall Street Journal 05/29/2013
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/2013
Europe's Easy-Money Policy Snubs German Savers
Wall Street Journal 11/25/2013
Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
New York Times 12/03/2013
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Peer Steinbruck, the Social Democrat's candidate for chancellor in Germany's 2013 elections
09/29/2012
Former finance minister in a Merkel led coalition, Peer Steinbruck, will challenge Angela Merkel in 2013. His goal is not to make a good showing which leads to a coalition with the Christian Democrats, but to win the election outright. He is well known in Germany for his handling of the 2008-2009 financial crisis. Germans remember the image of Steinbruck and Merkel together the day Lehman Brothers collapsed, when Steinbruck assured depositors that their savings would be safe. He is trusted by Germans and may even win some of Merkel's right wing supporters who have lost faith in Merkel. Steinbruck is direct and speaks his mind, saying sometimes he thinks he too is "too-big-to-fail," in an allusion to banks, and would need a capital infusion. Merkel's personal popularity is high in Germany but the popularity of the Christian Democrats is declining and it has lost elections in key states recently. The SPD partner, the Greens are also more popular than the CDU partner, the Free Democrats.
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Wall Street Journal 07/31/2013
Germans Respond to Merkel's 'Motherly' Side
Wall Street Journal 08/23/2013
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New York Times 09/01/2013
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Increasing disparity in incomes, higher inequality and the middle class.
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The situation in the US, Germany, Britain, China, India, Brazil and other countries.
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German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
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Germany's Social Democrats Agree to Coalition Talks With Merkel
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Conditions in East Germany.
09/21/2009
Lack of popularity of the Christian Democrats in the the east.
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German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/2013
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New York Times 01/30/2011
The modesty and credibility of VW Golf driving German chancellor Angela Merkel
08/23/2013
Angela Merkel drives a VW Golf for supermarket shopping from her apartment in central Berlin. Voters sense this as fairly normal behaviour of the chancellor. Voters dislike the fact that her SDP rival Steinbruck took 1.3 million euros in speaker fees in 2012. By contrast there is a sense of authenticity for the chancellor. Merkel supports setting minimum wages by industry, and is taking away many social and economic fairness issues away from the SDP. Her personal popularity is above 60% in polls taken in 2013. Even at a time when the Christian Democrats and partners Free Democrats have lost state elections, the personal popularity of the chancellor remains high. The hard work in defending the euro currency and German position favoring financial discipline coupled with flexibility in setting deficit targets, shows a chancellor with proven results as the European economies gradually recover from recession.
Grouped Articles
Germans Respond to Merkel's 'Motherly' Side
Wall Street Journal 08/23/2013
No Clear Winner in Debate Between Merkel and Challenger
New York Times 09/01/2013
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/2013
Merkel Rival Finds Little Joy With His Bedrock Voters
Wall Street Journal 09/21/2013
Merkel Wins Big in German Election
Wall Street Journal 09/23/2013
Germany's Social Democrats Agree to Coalition Talks With Merkel
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
The crisis facing Centre-Left parties in Europe as they lose their working class base with promarket reforms- 2005-2009
09/28/2009
Gerhard Schroeder and the SPD in Germany lost badly in 2009 elections with support down to 23% of the vote. In Britain, France, Poland, a similar situation prevails.
Grouped Articles
German elections pit Merkel, challenger over poverty problems - The Washington Post
Washington Post 09/17/2013
German Election Overturns Political Order
Wall Street Journal 09/23/2013
Germany's Social Democrats Agree to Coalition Talks With Merkel
Wall Street Journal 10/21/2013
Europe's Easy-Money Policy Snubs German Savers
Wall Street Journal 11/25/2013
German Coalition Reaches Deal but Faces Tough Party Vote
Wall Street Journal 11/27/2013
Americanized Labor Policy Is Spreading in Europe
New York Times 12/03/2013
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