ABSTRACT

First published in 1990, this book traces the logic and the peculiarities of German economic development through the Weimar Republic, Third Reich and Federal Republic, providing a comprehensive analysis of the period. The book also assesses controversial issues, such as the origins of the Great Depression; the primacy of politics or economics in the decision to invade Poland and the future risks to the Weltmeister economy of the Federal Republic oppressed by unemployment; the huge debts of some of its trading partners; and the possibility of worldwide protectionism.

chapter |3 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter |6 pages

EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION

part |1 pages

PART I: 1871–1948

chapter 2|6 pages

THE FIRST WORLD WAR

chapter 3|8 pages

REPARATIONS AND INFLATION

chapter 4|14 pages

RELATIVE STABILISATION

chapter 5|10 pages

THE GREAT DEPRESSION

chapter 6|22 pages

THE NATIONAL SOCIALIST ECONOMY

chapter 7|25 pages

THE SECOND WORLD WAR

chapter 8|14 pages

THE POST-WAR ECONOMY, 1945–1948

part |1 pages

PART II: THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY 1949–1985

chapter 9|8 pages

ECONOMIC GROWTH AND FLUCTUATIONS

chapter 10|14 pages

ECONOMIC DOCTRINE AND POLICY

chapter 11|10 pages

PUBLIC FINANCE

chapter 12|12 pages

CAPITAL AND LABOUR

chapter 13|10 pages

STRUCTURAL CHANGE

chapter 4|14 pages

TEEN: FOREIGN TRADE