Wagner is both trained as a mechanical engineer and industrial designer which make him skilled in all practical stages of the design process.

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But with American households still in the process of deleveraging and with Europe in the early stages of what will most likely become a Japanese-style slow-motion depression, it looks less and less viable as a model for growth.

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