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Germany confronts a broken business model

• thedrbrian 4y ago
  https://archive.ph/SBz8m https://archive.ph/SBz8m
• lakomen 4y ago
  flagged for paywall
  • greenyoda 4y ago
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• mensetmanusman 4y ago
  Germany mirrors Japan in terms of demographics, with similar median age and fertility rates: https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/aging-populations-a-comparison-between-japan-and-germany/ https://www.asianstudies.org/publications/eaa/archives/aging... What Germany had was low cost energy to power a mighty manufacturing industry; now that is gone. Commence the slow decline.
  • yakak 4y ago
    I don't see any relative change between Germany and Eastern Europe that would cut down on its brain drains (or economic migration cycles.) I think countries comparable to Japan have much less migration possibility for whatever combination of reasons.
  • Arnt 4y ago
    Are you telling us that BMW's decline will follow that of Toyota?