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Comment by omnicognate

5 days ago

The "GDP Growth (Real)" column in the wikipedia article GP linked agrees, but it doesn't tell a story that justifies "Germany's GDP is shrinking".

See the graph "G7 Real GDP % change compared to pre-Pandemic level":

https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02...

The US has 13.3% growth and Germany 0.1%.

  • Two points:

    1) GDP is, while very important, not the only measure of country's prosperity

    And

    2) how much of those 13.3% is being hoarded by a single-digit amount of companies?

  • Because of AI and it's indirect effects, such as electricity demand.

  • > The US has 13.3% growth

    Without the incestous web of the AI bubble, the US would actually be in a recession, especially due to the tariffs.