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05-30-2012 #1
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What makes the Germans so successful?
The eurozone is in crisis. Nobody has any money, they're spending more than what they can generate in tax, their growth is negative, unemployment is sky rocketing, yet the Germans have all the money, and their economy is growing. What makes Germany the powerhouse of Europe?
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05-30-2012 #2
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Re: What makes the Germans so successful?
Swiss bank accounts from 1945?
World Class Asshole
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05-30-2012 #4
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Re: What makes the Germans so successful?
What d you mean by "social trust' ?
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05-30-2012 #6
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05-30-2012 #7
Re: What makes the Germans so successful?
Thanks - well yes, I agree with that statement regarding social trust. And I agree that the future for the US in the event of a further disintegration of this social trust is indeed ominous.
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05-30-2012 #8
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Re: What makes the Germans so successful?
It may be that a community's or a nation's economic success together with a perception of general political and economic equity fosters social trust; i.e. social trust is not the cause of economic success but rather trust and success, under the right circumstances, foster each other.
"...I no longer believe that people's secrets are defined and communicable, or their feelings full-blown and easy to recognize."_Alice Munro, Chaddeleys and Flemings.
"...the order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string in a maze, so that you shall not lose your way". _Judge Holden, Cormac McCarthy's, BLOOD MERIDIAN.
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05-30-2012 #9
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Re: What makes the Germans so successful?
Agreed, social trust alone is not enough, but it allows you to get through the really tough times. We never heard the German's whine during unification. Without any help from the rest of the world, they were faced with the prospect of cleaning up the mess that the old Soviet Union had left behind. They use to use East Germany as the dumping ground for toxic waste and raw sewage. I bet the cleanup was very expensive.
On the otherhand, Japan has enormous social trust, but their economy is in the third decade of a stuborn malaise.
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05-30-2012 #10
Re: What makes the Germans so successful?
Actually there was considerable social unrest in Germany during unification - with outbreaks of racist violence, especially in the former East Germany. And savage attacks on Turkish immigrant workers in the West also.
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