The Economic View in Western Europe

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On this edition of the global economy podcast, the view from Western Europe: Stories from Spain, Italy, Germany, and England.

The International Monetary Fund declared earlier this month that a global recovery had begun. But one major European economy conspicuously lags behind the curve. Spain has an unemployment rate of almost 19 percent, more than twice the European average and double the rate in the U.S. Now, Spaniards are asking serious questions about their country’s socialist government.

Also on the podcast, stories about olive oil production in Spain and Italian banks that are accepting deposits of cheese. Germany finds creative ways to keep people employed, former bankers in the UK are finding creative new jobs, and EXTRA, EXTRA, a major newspaper is now free in London.