“Germany is back! Sporting, but also economically and politically”. This was the beginning of the general economic policy speech held at the Bundestag on 1 July by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Rainer Brüderle. The Mannschaft is performing at the football world, the Federal Republic has a new president, and the harsh Bundesbank is optimistic, predicting growth of 1.9 % for the current year. GDP could even grow by 2.3 %, to...