simmo Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 We are seat to leapfrog Germany and France but lose to India and Brazil Austerity and our refusal to join Euro put us in good stead, study claims Study was by the Centre for Economics and Business Research Great news for the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 6th to 7th. Still behind Germany ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyupnorth Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Canada's still in the top 10, get in!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Hope its correct,be very surprised if we're near Germany tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 6th to 7th.Still behind Germany ? read it again, pay attention to the picture.:dull: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Does the UK have an inferiority complex about Germany because they can never beat them in the World Cup ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 Does the UK have an inferiority complex about Germany because they can never beat them in the World Cup ? 1966 my friend 1966!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 50 years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 50 years ago. 47 actually, not that it makes a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floplo Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 and even 1966 required help by the Russians.... Without reading the whole report, first much of catch-up has nothing to do with Britain doing better than Germany but simple demographics (i.e. the gap between the plain number of people in Germany respective the UK will be smaller). And what makes me extremely suspicious is that France just dropped from the table... and yes France has problems but for the UK to open that kind of a gap implies a massive growth advantage (which I honestly don't see) or for the Euro to massively depreciate (which it hasn't done during the crises, so why should it do in the next few years...). Please file this under 'Consulting firm puts out outrageous claims, so it gets free exposure in newspapers to attract new clients...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flathead Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Without reading the whole report, first much of catch-up has nothing to do with Britain doing better than Germany but simple demographics (i.e. the gap between the plain number of people in Germany respective the UK will be smaller). not sure what this means???? the population of Germany is much bigger than the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floplo Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 The table uses total GDP, the sum of all economic activity in a country. Now if individual Germans and British produce exactly the same, Germany's GDP would be higher simply because there are more Germans. Demographic trends are such that German population will shrink faster than the British one, which means that if you sum up the contribution of all Germans respective all Brits (i.e. calculate GDP) in 2030 the expected total sum for Germany will be much closer to the British number. in short, total GDP numbers are very dependent on the size of the population. If you really want to compare how well Brits and Germans do economically you should look at GDP per capita instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 16 million bigger population in Germany,cant see UK having anywhere near that many,nor can i see us as a country ever being as efficient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flybyknight Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Lol, its a pretty picture, with absolutely no basis of how this happened. so i guess the uk will be a totally different place, with industry, a national identity and a common drive in one direction? i doubt it. bloody ell, where did the last 4 months go, it can't be april already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumbria Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 where is Oz? not in the picture at all!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kungfustu Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 1966 my friend 1966!! 2001.......beat them 5-1 in their own back yard. Also euro's in belgium 2000......1-0 in charleroi.....I was there for this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floplo Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 2001.......beat them 5-1 in their own back yard. the outcome didn't matter, but Germany did retaliate by winning in the final game of the old Wembley stadium.... Also euro's in belgium 2000......1-0 in charleroi.....I was there for this one and neither qualified for the quarter finale.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Parley was talking about the world cup,dont know if he meant qualifiers,that 1-5 sent Germany back to the drawing board,probs done them more good than England tbh,i like the Germans fwiw,great place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmo Posted December 26, 2013 Author Share Posted December 26, 2013 sorry forgot we're not allowed to mention anything positive about the UK. UK's cr4p, slum hole nothing good ever happens.. as you where..:goofy: merry xmas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablo Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 sorry forgot we're not allowed to mention anything positive about the UK.UK's cr4p, slum hole nothing good ever happens.. as you where..:goofy: merry xmas Course you're allowed to be positive re the uk,ive said i hope its true,cant see us performing better than Germany tho,but as long as things are better its all good to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest 47403 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 You make me chuckle simmo have you bothered to look into why the UK economy is predicted to grow? Or just grabbed the headline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parley Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Who is the guy in the photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest 47403 Posted December 26, 2013 Share Posted December 26, 2013 Who is the guy in the photo simmo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ptp113 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 Canada's still in the top 10, get in!! Brrrrrrr! No thank you very much, but good for a skiing holiday (Whistler/Blackcomb). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest66881 Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 You make me chuckle simmo have you bothered to look into why the UK economy is predicted to grow? Or just grabbed the headline Britain is still behind Germany in both images he's supplied, yet he is asking members to look again at the image? I love the english hang up over a one win world cup, the Germans never remembered it after it happened, our hang up are the Dutch - maybe Andy Warhol is right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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