Rich Germany Has a Poverty Problem

Inequality and underemployment are on the rise in Europe’s economic powerhouse.

BY SUMI SOMASKANDA-MAY 5, 2015

BERLIN — The signs of Germany’s economic might are hard to miss. There are the swanky new high-rise hotels cropping up on Berlin’s main shopping mile and luxury condominium complexes spreading across the government quarter. In the southwest, Germany’s engineering heartland, auto parts factories are humming and newfound confidence is brimming.

Rich Germany Has a Poverty Problem by Thavam Ratna