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Germany has strong unions and a corporate structure known as codetermination in all large businesses that helps balance the power between capital and labor. Those two qualities, along with a monetary union that they dominate are the causes of their prosperity, not some phony value difference.

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The fact that Unions sit on boards is a function of their cultural values.

I'm not saying it's good or bad, rather, it's not just some policy, but a reflection of cultures.

There are stories about German companies (eg Aldi) who even had to push their US workers to even form unions.

Aren't the differences you cite are precisely explainable as the outcome of a more communitarian and less individualistic value system?

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