But this theory is not convincing. Germany has recently been overtaken in terms of per capita income by several EU countries, including Ireland, the UK, the Netherlands, and France, and is still growing more slowly than all of them.
但这种理论根本站不住脚。德国不久前在人均收入领域已经被几个欧盟国家赶超，它们是爱尔兰、英国、荷兰和法国，而增长速度仍然赶不上其中的任何一个。