After the bust
Boom, bust and the end of certainty
The West's living standards survived intact, but the East's improved dramatically
Broken Europe
A furtive industrial evolution gives Britain hope for economic recovery
Manufacturing, long considered a relic, becomes an unlikely source of employment
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Economic facts and figures for each of the European countries profiled in our series
Broken Europe
Once again, the Irish are leaving home
With unemployment above 13%, some are abandoning homes and cars
Hope: Germany's secret to recovery
Unique scheme to bail out its work force has made the country the envy of its neighbours
Broken Europe
Greeks adjust to PM's elimination of untaxed 'shadow' economy
The new reality means cutting government feather-bedding and tax-inspector squads
Broken Europe
C’est la vie in French public sector – but the fight is on
Sarkozy takes on culture of entitlement, despite traditional resistance to austerity measures
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Nini and the European Dream
In Spain, almost everyone is ‘not in education or employment.’ It’s the end of the job for life
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New realities in the Old World
The debt crisis has turned the formerly stable countries of Europe upside down. Even as the economy begins to emerge from recession, drastic efforts to avoid a debt and currency emergency have changed life in the Old World forever; ending ancient working traditions, rupturing families and communities and forcing long-dormant societies to seek new ways of getting by. Doug Saunders looks at the human effects of a continent’s economic disintegration, visiting people and families in six countries at the centre of the crisis.
