Talk:German model

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[edit] Unemployment Figure Wrong

The article says german unemployment stands at 12.6% and links an article to it in the NY times, however according to the Economy of Germany article in wikipedia, unemployment stands at 10.5%. I'm changing the figure to 10.5% as I consider the IMF a more authorative source on economics than the NY times. Unsigned, history gives author as 80.42.99.235 --Chrysaor

Whether or not you consider the New York Times a reputable source, the article gave the source of the unemployment stat as Germany's Federal Labor Agency. That is without question a reputable source, and is more recent than the 10.5% stat, which is from 2004. I have restored the original stat, but changed the article source to Forbes magazine, as that article is still available in full for free, whereas the NYT article is not. --Chrysaor 04:11, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

I do not consider it wrong, however have you noted this on the Economy of Germany page? This encyclopaedia should be consistent. --JDnCoke 01:00, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

Can't argue with that. I've updated the article and table template. --Chrysaor 23:11, August 18, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] VW Factory?

Why is there a picture of a VW factory in the article? How are they related? How does the article benefit from that? HannsKoenig 17:45, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

I couldn't recall why this was done, but I stumbled across a quick convo on my talk page which seems to indicate that John Fader felt it "should" have a photo. When I originally wrote the bulk of this article, I didn't think it needed one. --Chrysaor 04:15, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Indeed, in the case of VW, the position of work councils and unions was and continues to be exceptionally strong and is therefore sometimes also referred to as "co-management". So, in my view, it makes sense to keep this picture.