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Re: Germany sees company bankruptcies soar

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you think people that "incorrectly believe the US is in recession" go by doomsday news? they look at their pocket when buying groceries, they looked at the glorious effects of bidenomics on their own life, and how it has been made that much harder, and form their opinions. When the talking heads on TV bask in how great the economy is, they speak from a position where their insider-trading fueled gains are so far away…

I am not American, and I don't know all the finer details, but weren't a lot of the inflation issues post covid a direct result of Trump's unrestrained borrowing even in a growth economy, all in the name of keeping the stock markets growing as your primary indicator of economic success a big factor? Certainly looking at the UK economy, I can trace back the source of our current problems well beyond the current electi…

> weren't a lot of the inflation issues post covid a direct result of Trump's unrestrained borrowing even in a growth economy

Where are the modern monetary theorists when you need them?

They seem to have all disappeared lately. Used to see them as pundits on news shows daily (or in replies to my comments here) and now they are just gone suddenly.

It was legitimately the belief of the ruling class in the US that printing money isn't inflationary. You would be laughed out of the room to suggest the fact. I was.

Re: Germany sees company bankruptcies soar

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, at the same time: https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/volkswagen-chef-d... "Germany much better than the picture painted" https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/arbeitslosenquote-im-euroraum... "Unemployed rate at its lowest in the EU" Similarly, in the US: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/poll... "Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession" We wouldn't be where we are with r…

One company I worked for was always „in recession” especially when you asked about salary increases.

Mine too! Stock is up, CEO pay is up, but the business environment is very difficult when you ask for a raise c

Re: Germany sees company bankruptcies soar

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, at the same time: https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/volkswagen-chef-d... "Germany much better than the picture painted" https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/arbeitslosenquote-im-euroraum... "Unemployed rate at its lowest in the EU" Similarly, in the US: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/22/poll... "Majority of Americans wrongly believe US is in recession" We wouldn't be where we are with r…

is there any reason why this post is voted down?

>is there any reason why this post is voted down?

Because it presumes the only reason people are voting "right-wing" is because they are reading "doomsday news". Versus, you know, disagreeing with the way the "left wing" have been running things.

Not sure why the left are going with "You're not poor, look at these charts" as a political strategy, but unsurprisingly, people aren't buying it...the world over.

Re: Germany sees company bankruptcies soar

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Of course, we have an energy crisis and too much bureaucracy. Who in their right mind would want to run a company here?

Me, because the Situation is not really bad?

A serious question: Is the situation better than other economies?

Re: Germany sees company bankruptcies soar

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Of course, we have an energy crisis and too much bureaucracy. Who in their right mind would want to run a company here?

Existing businesses could still exist, but Germans are often too risk-averse to adapt to new reality. I have read about a large bakery which closed because of relatively small increase in operational costs: it didn’t make sense to me as he did not try to change anything to save the business, but the owner was too pissed with good old times being gone forever. In countries like Russia he would be laughed at.

The good thing is that those leavers create opportunities for others, because Germany is still a rich country with a lot of consumer demand,

Re: Germany sees company bankruptcies soar

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is there any reason why this post is voted down?

because of the 'panic pessimistic breaking news everywhere', I guess. Somehow people want to believe that it's all really THAT bad and not that we are managing those hard times quite okay-ish

>Somehow people want to believe that it's all really THAT bad and not that we are managing those hard times quite okay-ish

You: enlightened

People voting against their governments across the world: no idea how good things are.

Re: Germany sees company bankruptcies soar

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I've heard that the Ukraine War, and consequent loss of Russian gas, was devastating for German chemical and manufacturing because of the increase in cost of not just energy but also feedstock.

They also lost Russia as a market to sell to. Ostpolitik bit them in the ass, because they did not diversify their energy supplies.
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