The criticism of Germany's culture of designing well made products that are an excellent value is a bit odd. Germany's economy has done much better than most ot

The criticism of Germany's culture of designing well made products that are an excellent value is a bit odd. Germany's economy has done much better than most others during the Great Depression II, and has avoided the problems with crime, fraud and corruption of the US. The only reasonable explanation for the article is the author is threatened by Germany's success and hoping to confuse them by writing an article advocating they do dumb things instead.