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João Ferreira do Amaral
By João Ferreira do Amaral - Mar 31,2014
In January, Chris Williamson, chief economist at the economics research firm Markit, called France “the new sick man of Europe”.
With near-zero GDP growth, rising unemployment, and mounting public debt — not to mention counterproductive austerity policies &mdas