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Three decades ago, signs first began to appear that Europe was entering a deep funk. The lands which had birthed Western civilization and devised many of modernity's most critical innovations in science, economics, religion, and the humane arts were suddenly not growing, not producing or pioneering, not innovating as they had in the past.
Continental Europe has gone into an economic stall. And with that, the quality of life of individual households has plateaued. Worse, a depression of the spirit has settled on much of the European population.
What is most troubling is the breadth of the downturn. The graphs and charts on the six pages following document ...