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The Two Europes: Why the Map of Decline Is Upside Down

Part 1 took apart the chart everyone shares. But every version of it treats Europe as one line — and Europe is at least two economies, a converging East and a stalling West, moving in opposite directions. The country-by-country map of who's rising and who's declining is almost the exact opposite of the one in your head. Part 2 of The Real Map of Europe.