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The Mittelstand’s ability to take a long view on business performance rather than scrambling for annual dividends is part of what has made German manufacturing so robust.

The experience paid dividends in other ways, too.

“It’s an incredibly empowering thing for start-ups to be able to do a lot more, or companies to be able to pay more dividends or pay their team more.”

Investors have also been condemned for the dividends and executive pay they have paid out while pollution and leaks have risen.

This tension — between Roth’s love of visual flash and the brothers’ purist musical approach — yielded major dividends.