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Economic Systems

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Luxembourg · research article

How Luxembourg's Economy Works

Luxembourg combines an international financial center, a cross-border workforce, and supporting legal, tax, fund-administration, logistics, ICT, and public services. Sector shares, trade flows, regulation, demography, and risks explain its reliance on high-value service exports.

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Netherlands · research article

How the Dutch Economy of the Works

The Netherlands combines trade infrastructure, advanced services, export-oriented manufacturing and strong institutions in an unusually open economic model. This analysis explains how those parts reinforce one another, then traces the constraints created by labour supply, housing, energy capacity, regional differences and the policy choices that will shape future competitiveness.

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Germany · research article

How the German Economy Works

Germany combines a large service base with an unusually substantial manufacturing sector for a high-income economy. The report places modest 2025 growth within longer pressures from weak productivity, exports, energy adjustment, demographics, finance, and regional disparities.

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Multi-country: Germany | Netherlands | Switzerland · research article

The Economies of the Netherlands, Germany, and Switzerland

Compare three open, high-income economies by how they earn external income: Dutch logistics and business services, German manufacturing and engineering, and Swiss pharmaceuticals, chemicals, finance, and knowledge-intensive activity. Indicators and scenarios clarify their different growth models.

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