Can Germany be saved? : the malaise of the world's first welfare state
Hans-Werner Sinn
| Alternative title: | Ist Deutschland noch zu retten? <dt.> |
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| Year of publication: |
2007
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| Authors: | Sinn, Hans-Werner |
| Publisher: |
Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] : MIT Press |
| Subject: | Wirtschaftskrise | Economic crisis | Wirtschaftspolitik | Economic policy | Standortwettbewerb | Territorial competition | Internationaler Wettbewerb | International competition | Arbeitsmarktflexibilität | Labour market flexibility | Sozialstaat | Welfare state | Steuerbelastung | Tax burden | Alternde Bevölkerung | Aging population | Einwanderung | Immigration | Sozialreform | Welfare reform | Arbeitsmarktreform | Labour market reform | Deutschland | Germany | Wirtschaftsentwicklung | Reform |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [loc.gov] ; Description [h-net.org] |
| Extent: | XVI, 338 S. graph. Darst. 23 cm |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Abbreviated and edited English version of the 11. German ed., contains extensive updates and added material, based on the translation of an early English edition (Econ 2003) The first shall be last -- How German workers lost their competitive edge -- Trade-union capitalism -- Competing against the welfare state -- The withering East -- Taxes and transfers : the endless loop -- The birth dearth -- EU enlargement, migration, and the new EU constitution -- Rethinking the welfare state : a reform program |
| ISBN: | 0-262-19558-5 ; 978-0-262-19558-4 |
| Classification: | Wirtschaftsentwicklung, Wirtschaftsstruktur: Allgemeines |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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