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There is a fine line dividing stability and stagnation. For example, the Poles are much better at building apartments and transport infrastructure fast than an
by inglor_cz 4y ago
There is a fine line dividing stability and stagnation.
For example, the Poles are much better at building apartments and transport infrastructure fast than anyone else on your list, including Germany.
- lispm 4y ago> For example, the Poles are much better at building apartments and transport infrastructure fast than anyone else on your list, including Germany. Is it that they are 'much better' or the economy is in different stages? The housing market in Germany is much more expensive. It's much cheaper to build in Poland. Germany already has a larger transport infrastructure. Example: Autobahn 13000 km in Germany vs. roughly 2000km in Poland.
- inglor_cz 4y agoSo let us look at a more comparable pair. Czech and Polish economies are fairly comparable, but Czech ability to build anything is in tatters. We are a NIMBY paradise, every modest block of flats takes a decade to approve. Our northern neighbours aren't, they build fast.
- Bayart 4y agoPoland was a post-Communist rust bucket a short time ago. It's easier to grow and leapfrog when you're starting low. Britain, France and Germany have a lot of inertia.