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"One should have just asked a Swabian housewife," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel when asked about the Lehman Brothers' collapse in 2008. In Germany, the traditional image of a housewife in the region of Swabia has typically been a positive one: a woman who is wise with her family's money. Yet is there anything behind that stereotype?
"One should have just asked a Swabian housewife," said German Chancellor Angela Merkel when asked about the Lehman Brothers' collapse in 2008. In Germany, the traditional image of a housewife in the region of Swabia has typically been a positive one: a woman who is wise with her family's money. Yet is there anything behind that stereotype?
