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I wrote a lot of words about the transatlantic wealth divide, and not just for fans of the White Lotus.

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So I think Germany should try to encourage women and those nearing retirement to work longer hours if they want to. Here's a few suggestions for how it might do that.

Germany can no longer rely on productivity growth to ride to the rescue, notwithstanding possible benefits from AI.

Another factor not helping right now is the number of Germans who are off sick, whether due to respiratory illness or mental health problems. Labor shortages may be exacerbating the latter, by piling pressure on workers at short-staffed firms.

A golden era when Germans enjoyed 30 days of annual vacation and yet the economy still expanded by 2% a year may be over. And labor shortages are becoming a big problem: around 1.7 million positions are reportedly unfilled.

Nevertheless, Germany is facing a very difficult decade in which lots of Baby Boomers will exit the workforce and hence potential growth will probably be lower.

International comparisons, like this one, also needed to be treated with dose of skepticism due to the various ways such data is collected.

At first glance the data don't look good but there are important caveats. Average hours per employee have fallen in part because lots of women have entered the workforce and they work part-time.

Germany is debating a taboo topic: whether Germans work hard enough. Many German politicians and business leaders say: no they don't. Trade unions disagree. So who's right?🧵.

Good @Petercampbell1 @edwardwhitenz piece on Geely. Imho its sprawling global empire is one of the most interesting stories in autos.

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And why it takes 80% longer to sell a home.

This gap in expectations is one reason why transaction volumes have declined so much.

Thought this was interesting on the German housing market. In short: don't take offer prices at face value. You can bid lower. #immobilienpreise #immobilien