Author: Bengt von Zur Mühlen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Economic Development of the German Democratic Republic
Author: Bengt von Zur Mühlen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
The German Democratic Republic since 1945
Author: Martin McCauley
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349184039
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The GDR is the most successful (in terms of living standards) socialist state but one of the least loved. Yet the GDR has formidable achievements to list, especially in education and health. On the other hand her feeling of insecurity has led to a creeping militarisation of society. The GDR provides communist states in the Third World with military training and expertise; she also trains security and police cadres. Hence the impact is being felt outside Europe. Does the GDR now present the face of the ugly German to the non-communist world? Her development is worthy of attention. As the Soviet Union's closest ally in Eastern Europe she may play a more important role there in the future as economic growth slows and tensions rise. She has, however, problems of her own which will require much hard work to resolve. Nevertheless she is the most stable socialist state in Eastern Europe at present. Will this continue? Will mass discontent mount as living standards stagnate? Just how important will the West German response be? The GDR is torn between East and West. If she is to weather the economic storms she requires closer links with West Germany and the West but politically and militarily she needs a closer relationship with the Soviet Union. '... competent and wide-ranging, covering not only political history but also the economy, education, culture, the position of women and foreign policy.' Leslie Holmes, Soviet Studies '... the main strength of this work is that it provides a mass of facts and figures in the main text and is yet eminently readable.' Roger Woods, Slavonic Review
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349184039
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The GDR is the most successful (in terms of living standards) socialist state but one of the least loved. Yet the GDR has formidable achievements to list, especially in education and health. On the other hand her feeling of insecurity has led to a creeping militarisation of society. The GDR provides communist states in the Third World with military training and expertise; she also trains security and police cadres. Hence the impact is being felt outside Europe. Does the GDR now present the face of the ugly German to the non-communist world? Her development is worthy of attention. As the Soviet Union's closest ally in Eastern Europe she may play a more important role there in the future as economic growth slows and tensions rise. She has, however, problems of her own which will require much hard work to resolve. Nevertheless she is the most stable socialist state in Eastern Europe at present. Will this continue? Will mass discontent mount as living standards stagnate? Just how important will the West German response be? The GDR is torn between East and West. If she is to weather the economic storms she requires closer links with West Germany and the West but politically and militarily she needs a closer relationship with the Soviet Union. '... competent and wide-ranging, covering not only political history but also the economy, education, culture, the position of women and foreign policy.' Leslie Holmes, Soviet Studies '... the main strength of this work is that it provides a mass of facts and figures in the main text and is yet eminently readable.' Roger Woods, Slavonic Review
The Plans That Failed
Author: André Steiner
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 178238314X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The establishment of the Communist social model in one part of Germany was a result of international postwar developments, of the Cold War waged by East and West, and of the resultant partition of Germany. As the author argues, the GDR’s ‘new’ society was deliberately conceived as a counter-model to the liberal and marketregulated system. Although the hopes connected with this alternative system turned out to be misplaced and the planned economy may be thoroughly discredited today, it is important to understand the context in which it developed and failed. This study, a bestseller in its German version, offers an in-depth exploration of the GDR economy’s starting conditions and the obstacles to growth it confronted during the consolidation phase. These factors, however, were not decisive in the GDR’s lack of growth compared to that of the Federal Republic. As this study convincingly shows, it was the economic model that led to failure.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 178238314X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The establishment of the Communist social model in one part of Germany was a result of international postwar developments, of the Cold War waged by East and West, and of the resultant partition of Germany. As the author argues, the GDR’s ‘new’ society was deliberately conceived as a counter-model to the liberal and marketregulated system. Although the hopes connected with this alternative system turned out to be misplaced and the planned economy may be thoroughly discredited today, it is important to understand the context in which it developed and failed. This study, a bestseller in its German version, offers an in-depth exploration of the GDR economy’s starting conditions and the obstacles to growth it confronted during the consolidation phase. These factors, however, were not decisive in the GDR’s lack of growth compared to that of the Federal Republic. As this study convincingly shows, it was the economic model that led to failure.
Handbook of the Economy of the German Democratic Republic
Author: Doris Cornelsen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Study on economic conditions and economic development trends from 1960 to 1975 in the German Democratic Republic - discusses population growth, labour force participation, economic planning, industrial production, agricultural production, infrastructure, retail trade, gross national product, capital investment, public finance, public expenditure, social security, income distribution, standard of living, trade relations, trade structure, CMEA economic integration, etc. Diagrams, graphs, maps, references and statistical tables.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Study on economic conditions and economic development trends from 1960 to 1975 in the German Democratic Republic - discusses population growth, labour force participation, economic planning, industrial production, agricultural production, infrastructure, retail trade, gross national product, capital investment, public finance, public expenditure, social security, income distribution, standard of living, trade relations, trade structure, CMEA economic integration, etc. Diagrams, graphs, maps, references and statistical tables.
German Unification
Author: International Monetary Fund
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 9781557752000
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This paper discusses comparison of economic and social indicators in the year 1988 between Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and German Democratic Republic (GDR). The budgetary costs of unification will be substantially larger than initially envisaged. Moreover, if one adds to the budget the increases in government debt related to equalization paper, a portion of the old enterprise debt on the books of the banks. The Trust Fund has been assigned a task or enormous scope and complexity: the privatization, restructuring, and in some cases, liquidation of 8000 enterprises with 4 million employees. Even taking care of the short-run financial problems of these enterprises has proved daunting; the more fundamental task will be near impossible to achieve with any rapidity. It is clearly essential to the success of economic integration that capital allow east rather than labor flowing west and that income growth and new opportunities arc enough to meet reasonable aspirations on the pan of the residents of East Germany.
Publisher: International Monetary Fund
ISBN: 9781557752000
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
This paper discusses comparison of economic and social indicators in the year 1988 between Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and German Democratic Republic (GDR). The budgetary costs of unification will be substantially larger than initially envisaged. Moreover, if one adds to the budget the increases in government debt related to equalization paper, a portion of the old enterprise debt on the books of the banks. The Trust Fund has been assigned a task or enormous scope and complexity: the privatization, restructuring, and in some cases, liquidation of 8000 enterprises with 4 million employees. Even taking care of the short-run financial problems of these enterprises has proved daunting; the more fundamental task will be near impossible to achieve with any rapidity. It is clearly essential to the success of economic integration that capital allow east rather than labor flowing west and that income growth and new opportunities arc enough to meet reasonable aspirations on the pan of the residents of East Germany.
The German Democratic Republic
Author: Arthur Monroe Hanhardt
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Economic Growth in the German Democratic Republic
Author: John I. Hincke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
The Economics of German Unification
Author: A. Ghanie Ghaussy
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134884974
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
German unification is proving much more difficult than was originally envisaged. The integration of two national economies with different economic orders, different sectoral structures and divergent levels of development seems set to take a long time. This timely examination of the major issues involved emphasises the impact of unification on diffe
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134884974
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
German unification is proving much more difficult than was originally envisaged. The integration of two national economies with different economic orders, different sectoral structures and divergent levels of development seems set to take a long time. This timely examination of the major issues involved emphasises the impact of unification on diffe
The Development of Economic Policy in the German Democratic Republic
Author: Siegfried Voigtsberger
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
The East German Economy, 1945-2010
Author: Hartmut Berghoff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107030137
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
The contributors to this volume consider the economic history of East Germany within its broader political, cultural and social contexts.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107030137
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
The contributors to this volume consider the economic history of East Germany within its broader political, cultural and social contexts.