Uploaded August 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
...uhhh, WHAT?! How can the @wsj claim that Europeans are getting poorer while Americans are getting wealthier? Is the American economy really that strong? Is life in Europe really that bad? Or is there more lurking beyond the surface of this article by the Wall Street Journal? Let's take a look at the data.
Episode 116 | #germany #usa #economics #debt #lifestyle #cash #euro #americaneconomy #economy #economia #economiccrisis #inflation #europe #expatlife #movingabroad #americaningermany #america #livingabroad #americansreact #eurozone | Filmed August 8th, 2023
Jump to Your Favorite Topic π :
0:00 Intro
01:30 The Evidence
18:14 The Smoking Gun
π₯ More Videos to Check Out:
From @EconomicsExplained "Why Is Europe Always Lagging Behind The US?" youtube.com/watch?v=tsahMxXdW30
By @ExplainedwithDom "Why Europe is Becoming Economically Irrelevant" youtube.com/watch?v=JXlsQdaEwXA
By @Faultlinevideos "How Europe can be insanely rich, but still poorβ¦" youtube.com/watch?v=Bq0i7zpwKGo
π Sources Cited in the Video:
New York Times, "Where $5 Trillion in Pandemic Stimulus Money Went" (2022) nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/11/us/how-covid-stimulus-money-was-spent.html
Herzog-Stein, NΓΌΓ, Peede & Stein (2022), "Germany and the United States in coronavirus distress: internal versus external labour market flexibility" ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9364861
Economic Policy Institute Family Budget Calculator epi.org/resources/budget
Economic Policy Institute, State of Working America Wages 2022, "Low-wage workers have seen historically fast real wage growth in the pandemic business cycle", epi.org/publication/swa-wages-2022
Debt in America (2023) debt.org/faqs/americans-in-debt/demographics
The Scientific American (2020) GDP Is the Wrong Tool for Measuring What Matters scientificamerican.com/article/gdp-is-the-wrong-tool-for-measuring-what-matters
Columbia University and Huw Pill Podcast "Beyond Unprecedented S3 Ep4: Inflation: Not Dead Yet" https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/beyond_unprecedented_3/5/
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...uhhh, WHAT?! How can the @wsj claim that Europeans are getting poorer while Americans are getting wealthier? Is the American economy really that strong? Is life in Europe really that bad? Or is there more lurking beyond the surface of this article by the Wall Street Journal? Let's take a look at the data.
Episode 116 | #germany #usa #economics #debt #lifestyle #cash #euro #americaneconomy #economy #economia #economiccrisis #inflation #europe #expatlife #movingabroad #americaningermany #america #livingabroad #americansreact #eurozone | Filmed August 8th, 2023
Jump to Your Favorite Topic π :
0:00 Intro
01:30 The Evidence
18:14 The Smoking Gun
π₯ More Videos to Check Out:
From @EconomicsExplained "Why Is Europe Always Lagging Behind The US?" youtube.com/watch?v=tsahMxXdW30
By @ExplainedwithDom "Why Europe is Becoming Economically Irrelevant" youtube.com/watch?v=JXlsQdaEwXA
By @Faultlinevideos "How Europe can be insanely rich, but still poorβ¦" youtube.com/watch?v=Bq0i7zpwKGo
π Sources Cited in the Video:
New York Times, "Where $5 Trillion in Pandemic Stimulus Money Went" (2022) nytimes.com/interactive/2022/03/11/us/how-covid-stimulus-money-was-spent.html
Herzog-Stein, NΓΌΓ, Peede & Stein (2022), "Germany and the United States in coronavirus distress: internal versus external labour market flexibility" ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9364861
Economic Policy Institute Family Budget Calculator epi.org/resources/budget
Economic Policy Institute, State of Working America Wages 2022, "Low-wage workers have seen historically fast real wage growth in the pandemic business cycle", epi.org/publication/swa-wages-2022
Debt in America (2023) debt.org/faqs/americans-in-debt/demographics
The Scientific American (2020) GDP Is the Wrong Tool for Measuring What Matters scientificamerican.com/article/gdp-is-the-wrong-tool-for-measuring-what-matters
Columbia University and Huw Pill Podcast "Beyond Unprecedented S3 Ep4: Inflation: Not Dead Yet" https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/beyond_unprecedented_3/5/
Resources for You:
Need English speaking insurance plans in Germany? Check out Feather!
feather-insurance.com/?utm_source=bbf0504
Want to Learn German, English, French, or Spanish? We use Lingoda for German, check them out!
referral.lingoda.com/6sDJFW
Some of the links above may be affiliate links. At no cost to you, The Black Forest Family may earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.
π² Want more fresh from the Black Forest content? Connect with us!
Instagram: instagram.com/blackforestfam/?hl=en
Facebook: facebook.com/blackforestfamily
Visit our Website: blackforestfamily.com
Subscribe to our Newsletter for the latest info: blackforestfamily.com/follow-us
Planning a trip to the Black Forest? Check out our guide here: blackforestfamily.com/travel-in-germany/exploring-the-black-forest-with-kids
Ready to make the move to Germany? We wrote a comprehensive step-by-step guide: blackforestfamily.com/moving-to-germany/how-to-move-to-germany-a-comprehensive-step-by-step-guidebook
