The German Economy : : Beyond the Social Market / / Horst Siebert.

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 unsusta...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©2005
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 35 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Basic Features of the German Economy
  • 2. The Social Market Economy
  • 3. The Weak Growth Performance
  • 4. The Labor Market: High and Sticky Unemployment
  • 5. The Social Security System under Strain
  • 6. Ageing as a Challenge over the Next Forty Years
  • 7. Germany: an Immigration Country
  • 8. Regulation of Product Markets
  • 9. Environmental Protection: a German Topic
  • 10. The Capital Market and Corporate Governance
  • 11. Human Capital and Technology Policy
  • 12. The Fiscal Policy Stance
  • 13. Germany in the European Union: Economic Policy under Ceded Sovereignty
  • 14. The System of Governance in Germany's Social Market Economy
  • 15. The Need for a Renaissance of the Market Economy
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX