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World Service,23 Sep 2013,24 mins

Merkel ahead in German election

World Business Report

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We assess what the result of the German election might mean for Europe's debt crisis. Also, there is continued unrest in South Africa's mining sector, as workers negotiate a new pay offer. We'll hear what it's like doing business in a country subject to all sorts of international sanctions. And finally: why we have lost faith in the future-gazing powers of economists, who failed to predict the economic crisis.

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