Steady State Economy for Germany?
Jun 1, 2026 Germany Has Lost What It Did Best Pro-growth handwringing. The IMF ( here ) among other commentators ( here ) think that the German economy is in trouble. The conclusions are based on the assumption of Unlimited Economic Growth . What if the techno-optimist assumption is wrong? What if growth cannot continue forever and our macro-TechnoSocial systems must become Steady State Economies ? Is there any evidence that any economies are already reaching Steady State and what are the implications, good or bad, if they are? HINT: from the graph above, the Deutsch Empire ( DE ) has been in a steady state since 2010. I'll explain all this in a future post. If you want to experiment yourself with the DEL20 systems model, you run it on line and experiment with coefficients here . Notice that the two error correcting controllers in the Measurement Matrix are ( EF-GDP ), the Ecological Footprint compared to aggregate production ...