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304. What Are the Secrets of the German Economy — and Should We Steal Them?

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German Manufacturing

Zedelmir: Germany has seen a decline in manufacturing as a share of g d p. But our work, which o the globalization of trade, actually contributed nothing to this manufacturing decline. So the manufacturing decline is driven by other channels. Sot can be robotsit can be er in automation. Thatt's not trade, it's not globalization. It's just that we had more offsetting positive effects in other communities and other industries,. offsetting positiveeffects driven by a seemingly insatiable chinese appetite for german made goods.

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