While certainly Germany has done a lot right and deserve credit for their current economic strength, we have to recognize that they've both chosen a very different path: i.e. stability over growth, and also have a very different culture than we Anglo-Saxons - which I would argue are quite inter-related.
When it comes to quality manufactured goods, Germany is legendary and has strongly biased its economy over the past 100 years to take advantage.
The US & Briton on the other hand, have always been first movers to adopt breakthrough tech - often at the expense of quality, stability of investments, etc, and are seemingly always better at the "soft" side of business: sales & marketing.
The world needs both the Teutonic and Anglo-Saxon models, and seemingly they both are still going to head down the same paths as before will little change in overall direction - with the exception of America trying to get better educated the Germans trying to become better sales/marketers.
When it comes to quality manufactured goods, Germany is legendary and has strongly biased its economy over the past 100 years to take advantage.
The US & Briton on the other hand, have always been first movers to adopt breakthrough tech - often at the expense of quality, stability of investments, etc, and are seemingly always better at the "soft" side of business: sales & marketing.
The world needs both the Teutonic and Anglo-Saxon models, and seemingly they both are still going to head down the same paths as before will little change in overall direction - with the exception of America trying to get better educated the Germans trying to become better sales/marketers.