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by nopassrecover 5785 days ago
I guess this is the key. Still the nation went from a level of pre-industrialization and through the devastation of the second world war to be the second largest economy in te world. If I understand correctly the economy has been relatively stagnant for sometime too and has still held its position.
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The numbers for Germany aren't too dissimilar.