Rebuilding Germany : The Creation of the Social Market Economy, 1945-1957
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Planning for Reconstruction -- planning and reality -- revisions and reality -- socialism in the western zones -- conclusion -- 2 The Future of the Ruhr -- the evolution of br...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge, UK New York : Cambridge Univ. Press,
2004
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| Schlagworte: | Deutschland Soziale Marktwirtschaft Wirtschaftspolitik Wirtschaftswachstum Free enterprise Germany (West)--Economic policy Germany (West) ; Economic policy Electronic books Germany (West) ; Economic conditions Germany (West) ; Social policy mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Planning for Reconstruction -- planning and reality -- revisions and reality -- socialism in the western zones -- conclusion -- 2 The Future of the Ruhr -- the evolution of british socialization policy -- the spd, the french, and the control commission -- clash in london, clash in north rhine-westphalia -- conclusion -- 3 High Hopes and Disappointment: The SPD and the Planning Regime, 1945-47 -- creating the ZENTRALAMT FÜR WIRTSCHAFT -- SELBSTVERWALTUNG DER WIRTSCHAFT -- the bizone, the spd, and economic politics -- the points system and economic crisis in 1947 -- the withdrawal of the spd from the administration -- conclusion -- 4 Ludwig Erhard, the CDU, and the Free Market -- konrad adenauer's cdu -- johannes semler -- ludwig erhard and the "guiding principles" -- from inflation to düsseldorf -- conclusion -- 5 Free Markets, Investment, and the Ruhr -- problems of the reforms -- payments crisis -- the korean war economic crisis in germany -- the intervention of industry -- conclusion -- 6 The Social Market Economy and Competition -- the josten draft -- the problem of heavy industry -- competition and the anticartel law, 1950-57 -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Unpublished Primary Sources -- Germany -- Bundesarchiv, Coblenz -- BDI Haus, Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft, Cologne -- Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Bonn -- Archiv für Christlich-Demokratische Politik, St. Augustin -- Rheinisch-Westfälisches-Wirtschaftsarchiv, Cologne -- Stiftung-Bundeskanzler-Adenauerhaus, Rhöndorf -- Ludwig Erhard Foundation, Bonn -- Great Britain -- Churchill Archives, Cambridge -- London School of Economics - London -- Public Record Office, Kew -- United States -- National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland. Rebuilding Germany examines the 1948 West German economic reforms that dismantled the Nazi command economy and ushered in the fabled 'economic miracle'. Known as the social market economy, these economic policies attempted to demonstrate that a free market could better achieve essential social ends than socialism itself |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-302) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 1 online resource (330 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780511193927 0511193920 0521833620 9780521833622 |