Quote Originally Posted by Adrian II View Post
My dear boy, the stress test findings were published on July 15th and the drop only started August 2nd. The latter has obviously had nothing whatsoever to do with the former. Intervening trends and occurrences such as the US debt limit circus or the ECB interventions in Spain and Portugal are more likely candidates, wouldn't you say?



You said 37% aggregate tax -> optimal growth

I say German aggregate tax = more like 50% -> superior growth

AII
Tax has nothing to do with German growth though does it?? Germany takes a big interest in ensuring the export environment is suited to it's companies.

They specifically disincentivise certain parts of the economy to ensure manufacturing over services and consumption.