Germany is the laggard of Europe, yet the country is world champion in merchandise exports. The paper tries to solve … wages defended by unions and the welfare state against the forces of international low-wage competition destroy too big a …

look at the components of this reversal of capital flows for the case of Germany. Its main finding is that most of the … Germany is small by comparison, with purchases of German government bonds increasing substantially, in particular by Spanish … and Irish investors. Some foreign capital even left Germany. In net terms, over the years 2008, 2009 and 2011 foreigners …

requires a storage capacity of over 6,000 pumped-storage plants, which is 183 times Germany's current capacity. Taking the … Europe. This will make it difficult for Germany to pursue its energy revolution towards green autarchy, as intended …