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Back to my initial point, there might be something to be told about Germany (or my country France for that matter) and its unwillingness to "take risks" (whatev
by VeejayRampay 8y ago
Back to my initial point, there might be something to be told about Germany (or my country France for that matter) and its unwillingness to "take risks" (whatever that means), but Germany has been successful as an economy for how long now? You guys are masters in engineering, long-term planning, leading Europe in terms of denuclearization, the green economy, you can build pretty much anything if you put your mind to it and some guy from across the ocean is going to come and call that lame?
Let's be serious a second, Europe has been around for a while now, I really don't like people who know very little of the context calling shots as to who's in and who's not like their opinion matters. It's like those articles with European "thinkers" condescending to the US because they don't have a proper social security safety net or affordable health care, it's ignorant.
- repolfx 8y agoMaybe. German wages have been stagnant for a long time - the economy is successful at exporting things but not so much at raising living standards of ordinary Germans. Leading Europe in terms of denuclearization and the green economy, on the other hand, is just not an accurate read of the situation. Yes Merkel shut down the reactors and insisted on green energy. Now Germany emits more CO2 than before due to the need for lots of coal burning power stations to provide base load. From an environment perspective it was a disaster. Germany does well, for sure, I'm not criticising it. But it gets a lot of uncritical press too, especially with respect to its economy.