The East German Economy - Falling Behind Or Catching Up?

"By many measures, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had the strongest economy in the Eastern bloc and was one of the most important industrial nations worldwide. Nonetheless, the economic history of the GDR has been primarily discussed as a failure when compared with the economic success of the Federal Republic and is often cited as one of the preeminent examples of central planning's deficiencies. This volume analyzes both the successes and failures of the East German economy. The contributors consider the economic history of East Germany within its broader political, cultural, and social contexts. Rather than limit their perspective to the period of the GDR's existence, the essays additionally consider the decades before 1945 and the post-1990 era.Contributors also trace the present and future of the East German economy and suggest possible outcomes"--

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• Authors: Uta A. Balbier, Hartmut Berghoff, Hartmut Balbier Berghoff, Hartmut Berghoff & Uta A Balbier
• Assisted by: Uta A. Balbier (Editor), Uta Andrea (King's College London) Balbier (Editor), Balbier Uta Andrea (Editor), Hartmut Berghoff (Editor), Hartmut (German Historical Institute Berghoff (Editor), Berghoff Hartmut (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.10.2013
• EAN: 9781107030138
• ISBN: 978-1-107-03013-8
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Publications of the German Historical Institute
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 21st Century, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, Economic history, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), East Germany, Ddr