ABSTRACT

The twentieth century has seen Germany transformed from imperial monarchy, through Weimar democracy, National Socialist dictatorship, to finally divide into parliamentary democracy in the West and socialist Volksdemocratie in the East. Pivoting on two World Wars, intense political change has dramatically affected Germany's economic structure and de

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

chapter |10 pages

Editor’s Introduction

part |2 pages

Part I: 1870–1948

chapter 2|8 pages

The First World War

chapter 3|11 pages

Reparations and Inflation

chapter 4|20 pages

Relative Stabilisation

chapter 5|14 pages

The Great Depression

chapter 6|31 pages

The National Socialist Economy

chapter 7|35 pages

The Second World War

chapter 8|19 pages

The Post-War Economy, 1945–1948

part |2 pages

Part II: The Federal Republic of Germany 1949–1985

chapter 9|11 pages

Economic Growth and Fluctuations

chapter 10|19 pages

Economic Doctrine and Policy

chapter 11|13 pages

Public Finance

chapter 12|15 pages

Capital and Labour

chapter 13|14 pages

Structural Change

chapter 14|18 pages

Foreign Trade