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The German Economy : Beyond the Social Market /

"In this book, one of Germany's most influential economists describes his country's economy, the largest in the European Union and the third largest in the world, and analyzes its weaknesses: poor GDP growth performance, high unemployment due to a malfunctioning labor market, and an u...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Siebert, Horst, 1938-2009 (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2005]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Basic features of the German economy
  • The social market economy
  • The weak growth performance
  • The labor market: high and sticky unemployment
  • The social security system under strain
  • Ageing as a challenge over the next forty years
  • Germany: an immigration country
  • Regulation of product markets
  • Environmental protection: a German topic
  • The capital market and corporate governance
  • Human capital and technology policy
  • The fiscal policy stance
  • Germany in the European Union: economic policy under ceded sovereignty
  • The system of governance in Germany's social market economy
  • The need for a renaissance of the market economy.