Germany’s working poor, by Olivier Cyran (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, September 2017)
The Germans, who vote later this month, face the highest number of
working poor and precariat in a decade, thanks to the draconian Hartz IV
unemployment law, a throwback to the Schröder/Blair Third Way.

Berlin’s Social Court: archives documenting closed legal disputes over the Hartz IV unemployment law
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