The Global Consequences of Germany’s “Educational Imperialism”

Germany “export world champion” – the trade surplus of the German economy is repeatedly celebrated in the media with positive connotations. The surplus is part of one of the biggest problems of the European domestic market and the entire global economy. Matthew Klein describes for Makronom how a sequence of economic policy mistakes in German politics led to the huge trade surplus.

In the past, it was primarily other European economies that suffered as a result of the German export surplus. But in the meantime, Germany has also taken its economic policy concept to the European level and is now putting pressure on the global economy. The mantra of “competitiveness” only works if some countries with deficits absorb the surpluses. This analysis is part of the book “Trade Wars are Class Wars” published by Matthew Klein and Michael Pettis and reveals numerous errors that are still present in the public debate on the German trade surplus.