曾经强大的德国正在慢慢地衰落。“莱茵河畔的日本”是对现状最好的描绘。20世纪70-80年代德国曾是世界的楷模,但现在被称为是世界的病人,欧洲的病人。德国正进入第二个停滞的十年。20世纪60年代,它曾是世界最大的药品制造国,但现在世界医药行业最大的15家公司没有一家是德国的。到了80年代,法兰克福的一流银行曾是稳定的堡垒,但现在其是否还是主要金融中心已 Once powerful Germany is slowly declining. “Japan on the Rhine ” is the best description of the status quo. Germany used to be a model of the world during the 1970s and 1980s but is now known as the world’s patient and the European patient. Germany is entering its second stagnant decade. It was once the largest drug manufacturer in the world in the 1960s, but none of the 15 largest companies in the world’s pharmaceutical industry now are in Germany. By the 1980s, the first-rate bank in Frankfurt was a stable bastion but now it is still the main financial center