There is nothing bad in being a large or the largest exporter. Germany exported a lot and imported a lot. But recently this had led to the absurd situation, that Germany exports both, goods AND capital: https://www.querschuesse.de/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/1a18....

This is not sustainable.

> Germany exported a lot and imported a lot.

Germany exports more than it imports, at least since the 60s.

> But recently this had led to the absurd situation, that Germany exports both, goods AND capital

Not recently. Happened already in the 70s and 80s. The decade after reunification was unusual. Starting with 2001 Germany was back exporting capital.

Did you bother clicking the link? No.

Sure. The graphic is misleading, since it is not adjusted to GDP - thus it does not show the proportions of exports in relation to the size of the economy.

Germany's real secret is that they don't pay their engineers.

An engineer, even with a PhD from a world class university, makes around 55k. Even in cities like Munich they will laugh about you if you request 60k.

Sure, if you have tons of experience, industry contacts etc., maybe more SOMETIMES. But let's get back to the 55k. A short internet search (www.nettolohn.de) tells us this is approximately 2600 Euro net pay per month. And this is for a full time job that is likely very stressful and comes with tons of responsibility. An English teacher in China (Shanghai, Beijing) can make 3000 Euro net a month.

Even if you claim my numbers are a bit off. It gives you an idea.

First of all, you have to adjust this for the cost of living and the fact that employers have to pay about half of the health insurance and retirement savings cost on top of the salary as well as three or four weeks of payed holidays etc. 55k Euros in Munich is easily worth more than $100k in the US.

Second, a CS graduate can certainly get 60k in Munich and a PhD will likely have 70k or more. At BMW this may be 80k or more.

From what I can tell, the pay in UK, France, Spain, Italy is similar or worse. I guess that's how we roll in Europe.

This is why I moved to Switzerland.

I think peak war production was end of 44.

But in the end this is not extremely relevant. They still had the knowledge.

I have a different take. Never forget that you can get fired but also never forget you can fire!

You can fire jobs.

You can fire friends.

You can fire customers.

Makes life so much easier!

Upload an encrypted image of your OS (Linux in my case) SSD on your server. Install an older legit version of windows (which was likely provided to you when you bought your computer).

Add some nasty gay porn and you are all set for the border.

Why should we pay for "these" people.

I mean, this is the case with every "life time" plan. Valid until the company goes bankrupt or has financial issues or changes it mind.

Once there were life time "all you can fly" airplane passes for US$ 100k.

This is not a case of someone going out of business. This is a case of a healthy business not holding up their end of a purchase.

"..or changes it mind."

I don't see what you're getting at. That matches exactly the "not holding up their end" that I mentioned. What's the problem?

You are irrational expecting any other outcome.

Consider the New Banana PiR2

It is supposed to have GBit Ethernet now: http://www.banana-pi.org/r2.html

"Look at all the greed, corruption and anger around us."

"Erst kommt das Fressen, dann die Moral" (first we gorge ourselves, then the morality.)

These are interesting thoughts. But lets not forget what unsound good old Billy used (and MS still used) to establish his former OS monopoly.

Well, they build roads and trains. Something that they know. The Question: Will it be enough? Some people claim that there are no more reasonable investment opportunities left in China.

"The power plants in Pakistan, as well as upgrades to a major highway and a $1 billion port expansion, are a political bulwark. By prompting growth in Pakistan, China wants to blunt the spread of Pakistan’s terrorists across the border into the Xinjiang region, where a restive Muslim population of Uighurs resides."

Well, yes. But there may be other ways to do this. China just wants to have Pakistan as a close ally. If India is an ally of the US, it is a good idea to have an ally that can counter India.

Pakistan is closer ally than india for the US . Pakistan receives much more military aid alone every year than the Chinese investment

US is ally of Pakistan while China is rather a friend.