As
somebody who has wanted for decades to visit Berlin and has not, I found
a report in “Economist” (2/Dec/17) on the city's dysfunction surprising. Berlin
makes wealthy Germany more poor. I Suspect the reasons are even more complex and interesting than those cited in the article. But the fact is interesting of itself: “Astonishingly for a capital
city, Berlin makes Germany poorer. Without it, Germany’s GDP per person
would be 0.2% higher. By comparison, if Britain lost London, its GDP per
person would be 11.1% lower; France without Paris would be 14.8%
poorer. “Berlin’s economic weakness is unique among European capitals”,
says Matthias Diermeier of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research.”
https://www.economist.com/news/europe/21731837-unlike-other-capitals-germanys-drain-rest-country-why-berlin-so
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