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Germany is a relatively free country, especially if you compare the last 50 years of economic policy to it’s neighbors such as France or the GDR. While the latt
by nkmnz 5y ago
Germany is a relatively free country, especially if you compare the last 50 years of economic policy to it’s neighbors such as France or the GDR. While the latter example is self evident, the former has a long history of governmental mandated innovation as well - did not ensure a lot of competitiveness...
- cycomanic 5y agoIf you think France is not a free country and does not have a lot of innovation, you need to do some serious reading. France is the 3rd largest economy in Europe, has essentially the same GDP per capita as Canada (slightly below Germany).
- nkmnz 5y agoThe issue seems to be in the term “relatively”. I never said France was an unfree or poor country. I just said that Frances policies _in the past_ were heavily in favor of huge national corporations. Even though Germany had to adopt the GDR, it’s GDP per capita is >18% higher than Frances. Edit: sorry, the ussr commented was someone else.