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>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/4855867_British_and_German_Manufacturing_Productivity_Compared_A_New_Benchmark_for_193536_Based_on_Double_Deflated_Value_Added
This isn't actually contradictory to the post you are replying to.
Statistics like GDP or production beong higher does not translate into higher living standards.
You can see this *in real life.*
Like, The United States has the biggest economy in the world, and it has been only ever increased, yet the number of Americans in poverty, for example, has been rising.