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What is German economic system?
Do you think Germans invented discipline? How do they contribute it to the world? Can you export it to, let's say, Nigeria?
Thanks Garrick, I see what you mean now, though the thread catered more to the inventions, and not to a German style of doing things. On other hand maybe we should extend the inventions to include a culture or a style.
In Italian Contributions thread the Italian shoes should be included, and this would get the most votes from women. J This is not sarcasm, just agreeing with your creative thinking.
I didn’t agree that Germany have their own economic system, but if you just narrow it down to German management style I gladly agree.
Sorry for the short response, but I’m chronically running out of time recently and I’m tired from overdose of work.
Yes the term is used but it is misleading. System means something more substantial, profound and a basic form. German economic system is same as in England, USA, France and most European countries. It's is capitalistic free market economy.
Now the differences that we see are in style of managing the same system, the same base of economy. Obviously Germany have their own style of running economy a bit different way than in GB, they have different tax system, social help network and many other things. But the core how they produce GDP, and allow the capital to flow, invest, and companies to compete, is basically the same. That's the system.
I'm not so crazy about taxonomy, as long as we know what we are talking about. I just expressed my opinion about this subject.
What is left to do for you is somehow explain how German economic system is contributed to the world, as per title of this thread. Usually it means it was exported or assimilated by other countries. Who else is using German Economic System?
If no one else, then this invention is only beneficial to Germany, and not to the world.
For me personally, economic systems in general are closely bound to conceptions of justice and thus some kind of product of economic philosophy, which in turns again reflect standards of cultural mentality and ethics.
For instance, no matter how good the economic and social system in Scandinavia works, it could never be transfered to the USA, as it would be considered as a huge impact of freedom, which has more relevance in the US. Scandinavia in turns couldn't take over the economic and 'unfair' social system of the US. And USA and Scandinavia both belong to the Western World, it would become even more complicated in other regions in the world.
It is not that easy just to 'import' or 'export' economic systems from or to other countries. If a system works very well in a country and is appreciated by people of another country, of course elements of it can be taken over. But not the whole system as one to one, but parts of it modified to the needs and mentality of the people.
For reference I had in mind the Hs293 and the Fritz X. It is possible many people have still never heard of them.
For instance, an air-launched Hs293 sunk HMS Egret in 1943 - blew it sky high with a strike to the ship's magazine. Those things really did work!
Excellent Sirius. [It was a Do217 that sank Egret but close enough].
As an aside - do you know of any Mexican contribution in the field of pioneering aviation, or was there was too much all-consuming political strife going on at the time in the country to allow time/effort/funds for such experimentation?
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