Why are Western European countries so rich? Why are the Nordics rich

1. Nature: the terrain is gentle, there are many fjords (suitable for the establishment of ports), the climate is mainly temperate oceanic climate, warm and suitable for human habitation. That's a prerequisite (you see, if there is no oil in the Middle East, there is no desolate desert. The Arabs will never develop)

2. Before the Middle Ages, Western Europe was relatively backward, and the center of Europe was on the Mediterranean coast. In the 14th century, Italy on the Mediterranean coast began the Renaissance because of its long-term relationship with the East, the accumulation of capital and the development of capitalism. This was followed by the Reformation, the Enlightenment (the progress of philosophical ideas that could lead to social change).

This led to the establishment of capitalist democracy in Western Europe. This was a political advantage (the most advanced system at the time). The superstructure reacts with the economic base and promotes the local economic development.

3. It is also the 14th century, after the role of various ideological movements, the emancipation of people's minds, and the progress of science and technology has made great progress in the productive forces, especially the means of production, in Western Europe. The progress of the productive forces promotes social development, and the relations of production also change. (The economic base determines the superstructure, 3 and 2 occur at the same time, two aspects of the same period).

4. While Western Europe is progressing itself, it is opening up markets outward (a characteristic of capitalism). Because of its proximity to the Atlantic Ocean, it has many advantages... Later, many colonies were occupied with advanced military forces, and overseas markets (such as slave trade, dumping goods) continued to accumulate capital.

At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, the world was divided and a world market dominated by imperialist countries was formed (among which Britain and France were the most powerful).

After that, although the two world wars threw Western Europe into chaos, after all, it had a good foundation and a good industrial base. After the war, it developed rapidly and became one of the richest regions in the world.

I can only briefly talk about some of the main reasons, and I can't finish talking about them for three days and three nights.

Generally, Western European countries plundered a lot of resources in the early stage and developed rapidly.

In the early days, it was the first capitalist country to emerge, adjacent to the sea, suitable for the development of the maritime civilization that prevailed in Europe.

NordicIt is richer and more developed than Western Europe. In some countries of Western Europe, GDP per capita

It is only a little more than 40,000 US dollars, and the GDP per capita of the countries of Northern Europe is twice that of Western Europe. And the resources of the Nordic countries are inexhaustible, bringing the countries of Western Europe.

The amount of resource reserves is far behind.

Although the situation in Northern Europe is not as clear as that in Western Europe, their finances are used for economic construction, and they pay special attention to the education of children, and all employees participate in scientific and technological innovation, so as to promote the rapid development of the country's economy. The Nordic model is worth learning from all countries, and only sustainable development can bring more benefits to the country in the long run.

The basis for high welfare in the Nordic countries.

The high welfare of the Nordic countries is very envied by us, because their small population and abundant resources are the basis of high welfare. The welfare of the people is guaranteed through a policy of high taxation, and high welfare is adopted from all aspects of life to death.

All of them enjoy various subsidies for life, equal access to education, and these guarantee funds are carried out through multiple channels. Stable fiscal revenue.

It is also the reason for supporting high welfare, their embalming mechanism is also particularly perfect, all files are open and transparent, and subject to social supervision, which also makes their public resources.

Get the maximum protection.

1.Advanced science and technology, human resources advantages, promote the tremendous development of productive forces. (Both the Industrial Revolution and the Second Scientific and Technological Revolution first took place in Europe, and the Third Scientific and Technological Revolution).

2.Advanced system: The capitalist system has been universally established, the politics are more democratic, and since the cultural revival and religious reform, the ideas of humanism, ideological enlightenment, freedom and equality have been widely disseminated to promote social development.

3.In the early days, primitive capital accumulation and expansion plundered huge wealth (once used a vast number of colonies, markets, raw materials, capital, cheap labor, etc.), and now it is still taking advantage of the imbalance in the international political and economic order to squeeze the third world countries.

4.The EU is becoming more and more integrated, the regionalized economy is becoming more and more mature, and the division of labor and cooperation among countries is unified, and the market, currency and policy are unified.

5.U.S. support during the Cold War.

There are few people, abundant resources, high taxes, and a small gap between the rich and the poor.

It's historical, after all, it's capitalism.

Because there are few people, the population is growing negatively every year, and the per capita property is naturally more.

Nordic countries: Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland. Northern Europe developed because of the interests of the sea, and was also a direct beneficiary of the Industrial Revolution, during World War II, they had relatively little influence and had a good industrial base.

On the other hand, their social system is relatively advanced, which is conducive to rational social and economic development.

The degree of social development is high, and the per capita GDP ranks relatively high in the world, so the country is relatively rich as a whole; With high social welfare, people can pursue a higher level of quality of life under high welfare, so they are relatively wealthy and idle for individuals.

The first industrial revolution and the second industrial revolution all took place in the region or adjacent areas, and the early colonial economy made the cost of industry extremely cheap. This allowed the region to complete the early accumulation of primitive wealth. (slightly gory).

Don't say that if you have a small population and more resources, you will be rich, nonsense.

What about the Pacific islands?

And why can't Iran's oil power compare to Saudi Arabia, and why do you dare to say it and ridicule a certain country, Russia? What about Brazil? With a population of more than 100 million and abundant resources, is it a developed country?

At the beginning of the last century, Northern Europe was very poor, a small, uncivilized agricultural country.

In Sweden, for example, the people did not have a good livelihood, and in the 20th century, the people migrated to the American continent on a large scale, and the southern province of Scandna was almost completely gone. Nearly one-third of the country's population has immigrated. There are many literary works that show the history of blood and tears of new immigrants.

If your hometown is rich, who will emigrate?

Modern Northern Europe mainly benefits from industrialization and informatization, with a small population, a small country, and a rapid economic transformation, which is a beneficiary in the process of globalization. Especially in the 70s, the so-called gamlagodatiden, for people who are now sixty or seventy years old, it was a golden age, Ericsson, Nokia, Volvo and so on all rose during this period.

**In their early wealth accumulation, you and I both know that any country is strong **wealth, to the West of Europe they are relying on the early colonies, to make a fortune, the first of these countries in Europe, or most of the earlier started are these countries in Western Europe The Netherlands (the most typical, occupy Taiwan), Sweden, the three Baltic countries...

The twentieth round: Wang Xifeng is talking jealously, and Lin Daiyu is coquettish.

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Analysis: I don't understand what you mean by affluence.

It refers to the income of the people, or the overall national strength of the country.

In addition, it needs to be corrected that not all European countries are so rich, such as the former Soviet Union, many of the republics are very poor, and there are many problems, and the economic development is not optimistic.

The reason why many countries in Europe are rich (understood as the high level of income of the people, and the high national wealth per capita) is inseparable from the long-term accumulation of these countries, since the opening of new shipping routes and the many changes that took place at that time, their societies have undergone many changes, this is the primitive accumulation stage of capital, and it was only after the Industrial Revolution (the sixties of the eighteenth century) that they officially developed rapidly, The material civilization brought about by the large-scale production of modern machines has fully blossomed in many countries in Europe, and after more than 200 years of accumulation, it has reached today's wealth, which is one of them. Although there have been two world wars in the midst of the destruction, however, we can say that the occurrence of the great war only caused a temporary interruption of the civilization chain, when the war, because the foundation is still there, so it is very easy to recover, the foundation here is very important, especially now, the foundation of many European countries is very strong, the foundation, including a large wealth base, a sound market environment, efficient and democratic **mature, profound and sound modern cultural discipline system, There are also many systems that are compatible with the economy. Second, I also think that this has something to do with the values and beliefs of the people in European society, in the capitalist society, the emphasis is on the individual, the emphasis on the material (Huai and this is just a kind of value of others, it is difficult to say that it is not good), people are "the world is crowded, all for profit; The world is bustling, all for profit", the love of wealth is a strong driving force for the development of this society.

Third, these countries have experienced many democratic revolutions in history, and the degree of democracy has always been very high, which is manifested in the fact that the intervention in the economy is relatively small, and the economy with less political participation plays the role of a service provider and is an environment of economic freedom.

Due to the natural geographical environment, the Nordic countries generally have abundant fish, forest, geothermal and oil resources, and they earn a lot of export foreign exchange through the development and export of fish resources, forests, oil, and mining resources, for example, fishing accounts for 60% of Iceland's export earnings, and Norway is the world's fifth largest oil exporter and third largest natural gas exporter.

The Nordic countries are geographically close to the traditional industrial countries of Western Europe, and they are naturally influenced by it, and they invest the money they earn in traditional industries, such as the oil industry, mineral processing industry, forestry and so on. Aware of the rising costs and declining economic growth of traditional industries, they began to shift their attention to high-end manufacturing and high-tech industries, and quietly increased investment and cultivated corresponding talents.