Start 1861: I just inherited the Dutch throne

Chapter 1092: Will Germany copy the Netherlands’ status as a super economic power?

On March 1883, 3, an article was published and caused a global sensation.

The Australian Times' interview with Mr. Herman Van Peron, president of the University of Sydney in the Netherlands and the world's most famous current affairs commentator, was published.

"The Australian Times" - "Hermann van Peron: The German Empire could not become an economic superpower like the Netherlands"

He first pointed out that the Netherlands' integration policy of absorbing all overseas colonies into its own territory was completely successful.

At the end of 1881, there were more than 3200 million white Dutch people and 2900 million indigenous black people, totaling 6100 million people.

Prussia annexed the surrounding German Confederation territories and the German Empire was established. In 1881, the population was also around 6200 million.

In Europe, it became the most populous country after the Russian Empire.

Therefore, it is reasonable to compare the two countries.

The Netherlands' successful development strategy was built on the twin pillars of human capital and increasing gender equality; the German Empire lagged far behind in both areas.

Hermann said that the Netherlands has become an economic superpower, even more powerful than the United Kingdom. As for the prediction that the German Empire, currently ranked behind the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, will become the next economic superpower, this is still in the stage of speculation. It seems It's just a castle in the air.

While the Netherlands, relying on its deep human capital and better gender equality, stands at the forefront of the new and old economies that maintain dominance over the rise of the Netherlands, the leaders of the German Empire and their international counterparts are bragging about an unobtainable Historical verification capabilities.The German Reich, by contrast, could be mired in unfounded optimism.

His Majesty William IV established the nine-year compulsory education in 1862, giving the Netherlands excellent human capital.

The International Federation of Women's Associations established under the single-handed control of Queen Alexandra has enabled the Netherlands to have better gender equality.

The king and queen have dominated the Netherlands' total factor productivity, a new comprehensive indicator recently used by the University of Sydney to measure resource utilization efficiency, resulting in a significant increase in the country's productivity.

For example, in 1857, the per capita income of the Netherlands was equivalent to the productivity of the Kingdom of Prussia. By 1861, during the four years when His Majesty Wilhelm IV came to power as the Crown Prince, the productivity of the Netherlands was already 4% higher than that of the Kingdom of Prussia.

By the end of last year, 1881, Dutch productivity was almost three times that of the German Empire.

While 70% of workers in the German Empire were still working in the agricultural field with extremely low productivity, the Netherlands had even developed from simple agriculture and the world's largest plastics manufacturing industry to the world's largest freighter manufacturer, machine tool manufacturer, and bicycle manufacturer. countries, automobile manufacturing countries, firearms manufacturing countries, and cotton and clothing manufacturing countries.

It is the largest leading force in the field of arms, especially in the fields of rifles, submarines, and steam battleships.

The "Global Women's Report" of the Sydney-based International Federation of Women releases a global survey report on women's rights every spring, which emphasizes that the Netherlands has the highest score for women's rights among all countries in the world, with a perfect score. very.

After that, the UK’s score was 9.8.

France 9.5.

The United States has 8.7 points.

The German Empire actually only has a score of 6.3, because in all the government departments above the state level in the German Empire, there is not even a single female government official or female congressman.

There is one female member of the Dutch cabinet officials.

Queen Alexandra is the Director-General of the International Women's League.Queen Victoria of England is a flag.

Compared with Germany and the Netherlands, the remarkable achievements of the Netherlands are clear at a glance.

1857 was a critical moment. The Netherlands and Prussia, two adjacent western European countries with Germanic populations and almost the same per capita income, also began to implement economic liberalization and opening up.

He began to learn the essence of the British steam revolution and then promoted his country to enter the electric revolution.

Both countries sparked predictions of revolution and miracles, but while the Netherlands grew rapidly based on a strong foundation of human capital development, the German Empire fell short.

Under the leadership of His Majesty William IV, the Netherlands has become a super economic power surpassing Britain. The prediction that the German Empire will become the next super economic power to surpass Britain is still in the stage of speculation.

This difference has a long history.

In 1862, the entire Netherlands promoted nine-year compulsory education. In 1863, King William IV asked the entire Netherlands to start promoting social insurance (in the original time and space, the German workers' strike caused the government to compromise, so social insurance was established in 1889 to protect the interests of workers. ).
In 1881, the International Federation of Labor compared the extremely high life expectancy of 60 years in the Netherlands with the life expectancy of 50 years in the German Empire.

The report also noted that the Dutch people were better fed than those in the German Empire.

In addition, more than 70% of households in the Netherlands have universal health care, and the rate of primary education among the Dutch people, including women and indigenous people, is also higher.

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences has made great progress in improving the quantity and quality of research, especially in the fields of chemistry, engineering and materials science, and is a leader.

It is also better than Britain in heavy industry.

Crushed Germany and the United States.

And may continue to gain a leading position in the electrical industry in the future.

Dutch academic and industrial researchers are rapidly creating a large number of high-quality patent copyrights.

While the female labor force participation rate in the Netherlands rose from only 1857% to 20% in 55, the female labor force participation rate in the German Empire rose from only 20% to 35% during the same period.Especially in urban areas, there is great discrimination against women in employment, which hinders women's participation in the labor force.

In rural areas, violence against women hinders their enthusiasm for labor.

While the Netherlands is standing at the forefront of the old and new economic hegemony with its abundant human capital and better gender equality, the leaders of the German Empire and their senior cabinet officials are bragging about a situation that cannot be verified by history. Ability, Wen attempts to compare with the Netherlands and the UK through shining unilateral performance, to overtake in corners by leaps and bounds.

The fragile human base guy is that physical infrastructure, that's insurmountable.

There is a seemingly feasible way for the Netherlands to move forward and escape the pursuit of the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States.

On the contrary, the German Empire lacked resources in its overseas colonies and the overseas colonies could not provide enough resources. Therefore, it may eventually be found that the German Empire fell into unfounded blind optimism.

Hermann Van Peron pointed out: “Of course, the German Empire, which absorbed members of the German Confederation, and the liberalized market formed by the Austro-Hungarian Empire also greatly promoted the economic growth of the German Empire.

However, the Netherlands' successful development strategy is based on the two pillars of its own human capital and gender equality. The German Empire lags far behind in these two areas.

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