{"id":10,"date":"2010-10-13T17:31:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T17:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/?p=10"},"modified":"2010-11-27T19:57:11","modified_gmt":"2010-11-27T19:57:11","slug":"germany-burden-of-empire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/business\/germany-burden-of-empire","title":{"rendered":"Germany Faces the Burden of Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The past 60 years have been great for Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Rebuilding a powerful modern economy at the heart of Europe.  Establishing an empire of 500 million people based on willing consensus  among its territories. Leaving to France predominance in the  policymaking of the empire, thus converting a traditional enemy into a  close ally.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/files\/2010\/11\/germany-finance.448x200.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16\" style=\"border: 1px solid black;\" title=\"germany-finance.448x200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/files\/2010\/11\/germany-finance.448x200.jpg\" alt=\"Germany Finance\" width=\"448\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/files\/2010\/11\/germany-finance.448x200.jpg 448w, https:\/\/www.thebizsense.com\/views\/files\/2010\/11\/germany-finance.448x200-300x133.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In defence, happily allowing the Americans to do the heavy lifting.  Reuniting the country after the Soviet Union collapsed through the  failures of its ideological absurdity. Building an imperial currency on  the foundation of its own.<\/p>\n<p>And at home, building a welfare state beyond the Bismarckian dream,  whose citizens have one of the shortest working weeks in Europe,  excellent medical care and good pensions. German society, says eminent  commentator Erwin Grandinger, \u201chas the aura of a luxury retirement  home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Have the good times now come to an end?<\/p>\n<p>For the first time Germany is being forced to shoulder the burden of  empire as its currency is threatened by the accumulating debt of the  profligate \u201cClub Med\u201d provinces, losing a fifth of its value in dollar  terms in less than eight months.<\/p>\n<p>Its banking system, stuffed with toxic waste masquerading as sound  investments, much of it bought from the institutional con men of New  York and London, is threatened by seizure \u2013 only \u201cprinting\u201d money on a  vast scale by the European Central Bank, it seems, will be able to stave  off disaster.<\/p>\n<p>And longer term there are the tightening screws of an ageing and  shrinking population, with the unfunded future costs of pension, health  and other welfare benefits \u2013 the politicians have committed the nation  to the liabilities without providing for their financing &#8212; pushing  public debt, according to one estimate, from 77 per cent of annual  national output to an implicit 250 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>The political class allowed the empire to drift into this crisis,  often actively promoting high-risk and ultimately disastrous policies.  One example was the way the Landesbanken (regional banks fully owned by  local governments) were encouraged to gamble on a vast scale, using  money borrowed on international markets to buy speculative securities.<\/p>\n<p>The costs to German taxpayers of bailing them out have reached more  than \u20ac800 billion\u00a0 \u2013 so far. And that is without carrying through the  radical reconstructions necessary. Instead, the politicians try to  divert public attention from their own failures with hysterical attacks  on hedge funds and short-sellers, which have played little part in  creating the financial mess.<\/p>\n<p>Used to the relatively easy life of the past half-century, the  political class has seemed unable to cope with the hard choices of a  troubled empire and a society battered by global recession; to provide  the strong leadership that is needed.<\/p>\n<p>Partners in the European Union want Germany to boost its domestic  demand to provide them with stronger exports and help them grow out of  recession.<\/p>\n<p>But German companies have abundant production capacity and don\u2019t need  to expand \u2013 their capital spending actually fell nearly 20 per cent  last year. As for consumers\u2026 they don\u2019t have the money to increasing  their spending. There has been no increase in wages generally for years,  and the famously thrifty Germans aren\u2019t of a mind to go deeper into  debt to finance greater personal spending.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, policy now focuses on reducing the fiscal deficit \u2013 which must constrain or even contract domestic demand.<\/p>\n<p>Public opinion, frightened by the prospect of future failure in the  viability of their welfare state, has driven Germany into adopting a  radical plan.<\/p>\n<p>It has changed the constitution so it now requires the federal government to<\/p>\n<p>US\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Japan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 China\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  Germany\u00a0 Britain\u00a0\u00a0  France<br \/>\n<strong>Size of  economy<\/strong><br \/>\nGDP\u00a0 $bn @PPP 2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14,369\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0    4,358\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 7,927\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2,910\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  2,186\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  2,122<br \/>\n<strong>Living standards<\/strong><br \/>\nIncome per head PPP 2008\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  47,320\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0   35,258\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13,299\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 36,017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  36,259\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  33,309<\/p>\n<p><strong>Population<\/strong><br \/>\nMillions 2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 301\u00a0   128\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,329\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 82\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 61\u00a0\u00a0  62<br \/>\n<strong>Economic growth<\/strong><br \/>\nAvg. % real growth in GDP\/yr  2003-8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.4\u00a0\u00a0    1.7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10.8 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  1.8\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2.3\u00a0    1.9<br \/>\n<strong>Exports<\/strong><br \/>\n$bn 2008\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01,300\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0    781\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,431\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,466\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 459  595<br \/>\n[PPP =  valued at purchasing power parity]<\/p>\n<p>reduce its fiscal deficit to just 0.35 per cent of national output by  2016 (the deficit this year is above 5 per cent), and regional (L\u00e4nder)  governments to achieve balanced budgets by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government is starting to make the savage cuts in  spending and increases in taxes needed to bring down the fiscal deficit  to almost nothing. This month Chancellor Angela Merkel announced cuts in  federal spending totalling \u20ac80 billion over the next four years, with  the axe falling on social-welfare and unemployment benefits and defence,  with taxes on financial transactions, air travel and nuclear power.<\/p>\n<p>This is the most convincing plan in the world to tackle soaring debt \u2013  and it\u2019s pleasing investors. While all the attention in recent weeks  has been on the slide in the euro, longdated German government bonds  have been strengthening.<\/p>\n<p>Everyone is only too aware of the developing crisis in the eurozone  as investors flee the dodgy sovereign debt of Greece and other  member-nations now being taken to task for past and current profligacy.<\/p>\n<p>Germany, with Europe\u2019s largest, strongest and soundest economy, is  being forced to come to their aid. The German public are furious. They  see this as a case of their virtue having to pay for the vice of others.  Their own nation\u2019s bad examples are ignored \u2013 Germany was one of the  first countries to breach the eurozone\u2019s limit on fiscal deficits,  getting away with it. And they ignore the great benefits Germany has  enjoyed through its dominance of a free-trade, single-currency area \u2013  half its exports go to partner nations within the union.<\/p>\n<p>to be continued \u2013 Once dubbed &#8216;The Sick Man of Europe&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>CopyRight \u2013 OnTarget by Martin Spring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past 60 years have been great for Germany. Rebuilding a powerful modern economy at the heart of Europe. Establishing an empire of 500 million people based on willing consensus among its territories. 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