It's possible. But note that Germany has struggled to move out of declining sectors (petrol cars) and into new ones (tech) - which fits what I said about worker

It's possible. But note that Germany has struggled to move out of declining sectors (petrol cars) and into new ones (tech) - which fits what I said about worker control making creative destruction hard. Its economic performance has been dramatically bad recently. Equally, I wouldn't want to judge Rhineland capitalism on a few bad years, or claim that the US "open the casino" approach dominates it on every dimension.