Closed World of East German Economists - Hopes and Defeats of a Generation

"This book is a collective biography of the only generation of economists who lived their entire professional life in GDR's socialism. Born in the early 1930s, formed during the Thaw, having careers behind the wall, and retiring with their state in 1990, they were GDR's hope generation"--

Sommario

Introduction: East Germany's hope generation; Part I. Growing Into a Socialist Germany: 1. Socialist awakening; 2. Socialist role models; Part II. Becoming of Age During the Thaw: 3. Staging a scientific debate; 4. Negotiating socialist statistics; Part III. Reforming reforms towards bailout: 5. Ulbricht's modernist reforms; 6. Honecker's bourgeois reforms; Part IV. Letting Go: 7. Diverting West during the détente; 8. Saving socialism from the GDR; 9. Conclusion: Retiring with the state; References; Index.

Info autore

Till Düppe is professor at the département des sciences économiques, and member of the Centre interuniversitaire de recherche sur la science et la technologie (CIRST), both at the Université du Québec à Montréal. For periods of this research, he was visiting researcher at the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), and at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History in Potsdam.

Riassunto

This book is a collective biography of the only generation of economists who lived their entire professional life in GDR's socialism. Born in the early 1930s, formed during the Thaw, having careers behind the wall, and retiring with their state in 1990, they were GDR's hope generation.

Prefazione

The collective biography of the only generation of economists who lived their entire professional life in GDR's socialism.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Till Düppe, Till (Universite Du Quebec Duppe, Till Düppe
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.04.2023
• EAN: 9781009233095
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0923309-5
• Pagine: 300
• Serie: Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, European History, SCIENCE / History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / History, Economic history, Economic theory & philosophy, History of Science, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology, East Germany, Ddr, Economic theory and philosophy, Regional Government Policies, Regional, state and other local government policies