Curriculum The Netherlands' Economy
The Netherlands' Economy
How a small, low-lying country became a trading powerhouse: the Dutch Golden Age, Rotterdam port, the Dutch disease, farm exports and greenhouses, ASML, water management, the polder model of consensus, part-time work, the nitrogen crisis, and a recap.
- The Netherlands at a Glance An overview of the Netherlands, a country of about 18 million people with one of the world's most open economies, and its trading, farming and technology strengths. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Dutch Golden Age How the Dutch Republic became the world's leading economy in the 1600s through trade, the Dutch East India Company, the Amsterdam stock exchange and tulip mania. 📄 Read-aloud
- Rotterdam: Europe's Largest Port How Rotterdam became Europe's largest port, its role as a gateway to Germany via the Rhine, automated terminals, and its energy and petrochemical hub. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Original Dutch Disease How the discovery of the Groningen gas field in 1959 led to a stronger currency and weaker manufacturing, giving economists the term Dutch disease. 📄 Read-aloud
- Greenhouses and Farm Exports How the tiny Netherlands became the world's second largest agricultural exporter by value, using greenhouses, research at Wageningen and flower auctions. 📄 Read-aloud
- ASML and the Chip Machine Monopoly How Dutch company ASML became the only maker of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines needed for advanced chips, and export controls on sales to China. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Netherlands' Economy: Checkpoint 1 Quick checkpoint - five questions on Dutch trade, the Golden Age, Rotterdam, Dutch disease and farm exports. 5 questions
- Living Below Sea Level How the Dutch manage water with dikes, polders and the Delta Works built after the 1953 flood, and how they now export water expertise. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Polder Model and Consensus How Dutch unions, employers and government negotiate wages and policies through consensus, including the 1982 Wassenaar Agreement that traded wage restraint for jobs. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Part-Time Economy Why the Netherlands has the highest share of part-time workers in the rich world, especially women, and the benefits and costs of this pattern. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Nitrogen Crisis How a 2019 court ruling on nitrogen pollution froze construction permits in the Netherlands, and plans to cut livestock that triggered farmer protests and a new party. 📄 Read-aloud
- Letterbox Companies and Tax Planning How the Netherlands became a hub for multinational tax planning through holding companies and royalty routing, and reforms to curb it. 📄 Read-aloud
- The Netherlands' Economy: Recap A recap of the Netherlands' economy, from trade to technology. 📄 Read-aloud