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Re:Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startu... by branchless on Monday June 27, 2016 @10:56AM (#11986536)
Life is cheaper there because Germany hasn't (yet) invited the parasitic banking sector into the nest.
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Re:Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startu... by germanier on Monday June 27, 2016 @11:17AM (#11986700)
The banking sector would certainly move to Frankfurt and not Berlin.
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Re:Berlin is now in a position to usurp London as the startu... by branchless on Monday June 27, 2016 @11:25AM (#11986757)
I meant inside Germany. Will they let them in to hollow out their economy via rentier activity, giving the initial "wealth effect" via high land prices or are the Germans smart enough to know to steer clear?

Will the banks move from a country where they have totally captured the government and legal system? Will Germany guarantee no prosecutions for financial crimes like the UK tacitly did?

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