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LittleBlue

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2. I think that info is old

Reply to pampango (Original post)

Thu Dec 11, 2014, 01:00 PM

Dec 2014

Exports-

China $2,210,000,000,000
Germany $1,493,000,000,000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_exports

The difference is probably greater due to China's intentional devaluation of the yuan and the strength of the euro.

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"Since 2003, it's not China but Germany, that colossus of European socialism, that has either led [View all] pampango Dec 2014 OP

"Much stronger unions" -- that explains everything nichomachus Dec 2014 #1

I think that info is old LittleBlue Dec 2014 #2

Thanks for the update. pampango Dec 2014 #4

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I don't think we have to look far to see who is "on the other end of the spectrum". pampango Dec 2014 #7

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Are you saying that we really do not want all those bases? All these wars? All this military jwirr Dec 2014 #15

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Exactly. And their kept their unions intact, too. Strong unions and high taxes keep pampango Dec 2014 #10

The economists who developed the US plan were not very smart, were they? I am old enough to jwirr Dec 2014 #11

It might have been the fault of some economists, but I think powerful conservatives figured out pampango Dec 2014 #12

I agree. I have never belonged to a union because I never had one of those jobs but I am a strong jwirr Dec 2014 #13

Luxembourg and Germany top EU living standards table pampango Dec 2014 #16