Dynamism, Innovation, and Germany’s Future
Three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Germany has become a "trading nation" with a debilitating aversion to the capitalist spirit of dynamism. Unless it can rediscover its tradition of innovation and groundbreaking contributions to the arts and sciences, it could end up falling ever further behind in the twenty-first century.
BERLIN – Germany has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall – and rightly so. Yet those celebrations come at a time when the country is also wondering what to do in the years ahead.