Questo è un post molto interessante di r/Finanzen, appena tradotto in inglese https://www.handelsblatt.com/politik/deutschland/imd-studie-wirtschaftsstandort-deutschland-faellt-weiter-zurueck/100046096.html Contenuto completo tramite link, ecco alcuni estratti: “La Germania è al 24° posto nella classifica, due posizioni in meno rispetto allo scorso anno. […]
Performance economica: nel sondaggio vengono considerati fattori come l’occupazione e i prezzi. La Germania scivola dal dodicesimo al tredicesimo posto. Quest’area comprende anche gli unici sotto-punti in cui l’economia tedesca è riuscita a migliorare: il commercio globale e gli investimenti internazionali. Efficienza del governo: l’indicatore riflette, tra le altre cose, la politica fiscale e le finanze pubbliche. La Repubblica Federale si trova al 32° posto, rispetto al 27° dell’anno scorso. Efficienza aziendale: include le finanze aziendali e le pratiche di gestione. Dopo essere arrivata al 29° posto l’anno scorso, la Germania è al 35° posto nella classifica attuale. Infrastrutture: gli economisti hanno esaminato sia le infrastrutture di base che quelle tecniche e scientifiche. La Germania è scesa dal 14° al 20° posto.” “La Germania potrebbe tenere sotto controllo i suoi problemi se i politici fossero disposti a riformarsi.”
https://old.reddit.com/r/germany/comments/1djdrab/germany_is_still_falling_behind/
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“Germany could get its problems under control if politicians are willing to reform.”
… So we are fucked
In my opinion Germany is still one of the best countries in the world to live in but how long will this be the case ?
I mean look at how much Poland developed in the last few years.
surprise surprise
Yes, that why we overtook Japan with our GDP: https://www.dw.com/en/recession-in-japan-makes-germany-third-largest-economy/a-68260132#:~:text=Japan's%20nominal%20gross%20domestic%20product,dollar%20in%202022%20and%202023.
Yes, the world’s third biggest economy is falling behind wäh wäh
::sigh:: There’s more to life than GDP (or, if we are to call a spade a spade, the amount of money being transferred between bank accounts) and what a Swiss business school believes to be a “good” taxation policy.
Taken from my collection of sources regarding socio-economical issues [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/ich_iel/comments/11ase27/comment/j9u2zg2/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button).
Germany is suffering from a rising discrepancy in wealth between the rich and the working class.
One major factor is taxation and the difference between “unrealized earnings” and “earnings”, which allows those that are already extremely rich to re-invest much cheaper, than for those who rely on wages, as wealth increase through company ownership is not considered “earnings” unless the owner cashes-out (even if you own 100% of the company and your company just bought 10 houses last year, your earning are considered 0 and your taxation rate is lower, allowing you to re-invest or gain compound interest on the untaxed amount).
The issue is leveraged by our government raising taxes and mandatory social system expenses on “earnings”, which in return mostly hits the working class and not the rich. According to the Oxfam study, 81% of the annual wealth growth in Germany goes to the richest 1%, while 19% is shared by 99% of the population.
Now, this 19% is the primary source for covering the social systems etc., meaning that – while Germany is a rich country – its citizens are not (anymore).
Asyl numbers have been on a record high since 2014, with war in the Middle East and continuous migration from Africa in 2022 Germany freely gave away 52,7 millard € and in 2021 58,5 millard € for development services to foreign nations / citizens (including asylum), not counting additional expenses by federal states, infrastructure or general employment cost for government workers ([source](https://www.destatis.de/DE/Themen/Staat/Oeffentliche-Finanzen/Entwicklungszusammenarbeit/leistungen-entwicklungszusammenarbeit.html)). With the war in Ukraine expenses increased further, especially if we include military expenses.
Again: Most of those expensed are financed by the working classes wages.
So, not only is the discrepancy between the rich and poor getting bigger, but there is an increased amount of Government spending which does not flow back into Germany’s own industry, yet leads to taxation, social system increases affecting the worker.
To make bad matters worse, Germany suffered from years of record inflation, in fact – the highest price-shock in the history of the BRD – *massively impacting the workers’ purchase power* – which in return, leads to a lower GDP. Estimates show (source in 1st link) that even before Corona and everything that followed. Germany GDP could be over 2% higher if the wealth discrepancy remained steady, rather than rise.
Those are the factors that our governments could and should have tackled in recent years, but it got worse and worse. There’s also factors outside of our control, such as a continued shift of markets into IT, which is something Germany slept on for a while. Germany has always been great at mechanical solutions, but those become less relevant compared to IT day by day.