In term of economic growth and innovation everyone has been saying that for many years now. Specifically, Europe's economy stalled in 2008, with the financial c

In term of economic growth and innovation everyone has been saying that for many years now. Specifically, Europe's economy stalled in 2008, with the financial crisis, and never recovered. Perhaps we're simply seeing reality catching up because others, especially US and China, have kept growing and innovating. So now we're poor compared to the US (80% GDP gap) and Chinese products are not so behind anymore (Article: "Chinese carmakers, once mocked by Western auto executives as primitive, have turned into formidable rivals, gobbling up market share in and outside China.")...