Comments by "Holger P." (@holger_p) on "VisualEconomik EN" channel.

  1. Due to globalization, everybody depends on everybody, each little shock in the world will spread through the delivery chain. It's not that germany has a monopoly on any product.
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  2. There is some truth to it, but in general it's a fairy tale. Mentality has an influence, but it's only half of the story. The other half are business decisions by company leaders.
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  3. It's not a shame. Yes ignition might have been the big depression of 1929, but what followed was were own decision in most aspects. Of course, what people should do is, separating Germany from 1930 from 1960. It's like two countries, just some people stayed.
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  4. healthcare is not tax-financed in Germany. This comes on top of Taxes. 7% usually.
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  5. That's more tearing down inner-european currency exchange rates risk, customs on any border, etc. Prices didn't change that much, but they became comparable.
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  6. but good software, you don't evaluate by using it. You do it by looking in the code. But the back side of this thouroughness is: Instead of putting 1000 softwares on the market, there are only 50 arriving. They are hesitating too long to put something on the market, that's a disadvantage in a fast industry.
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  7. That's mainly the Mantra of the 50ies and would belong to this video. But we should mention business were smaller, family owned business really had a 10 year timeline, which they fullfilled. Since the 70ies, importance of stock exchange raised, report cycle turned down to 4 years or 1 year, CEO's are measured in what they do within a year, not within 10-20 years. This kind of changed preferences. Today this planfulness turns into a disadvantage, cause the future feels less predictable, plans don't work out, and this give some kind of paralyzation.
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