East Germany’s economic history is typically told as a story of
the unravelling of an inherently flawed system. Yet, while the
system’s inefficiency is undeniable, its economic history was
much richer than its comparatively poor economic performance
suggests. For many who lived there, it was a system that, over its
forty years, was capable of achievements and generally functioned
at bearable levels. This book combines the insights of behavioural
economics with archival research to peel away layers of rhetoric
and assumptions about the East German economy and explore aspects
of that underlying functionality. Through a series of cases studies
that examine the establishment of socialist workplaces, the
searches for productivity growth and efficiency, and the emergence
of financial crisis, the book considers the system from the
perspective of the humans who operated it and made the decisions
that made it work. Unencumbered by political preconceptions, it
offers a more realistic understanding of East German economic
history than that derived from stagnant debates about the clash of
systems. The new perspectives and approaches presented demonstrate
that, extracted from its Cold War context, East Germany’s
economic history can be analysed for what it was, rather than for
what it symbolised. Â
General
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan
|
| Country of origin: |
Singapore |
| Series: |
Palgrave Studies in Economic History |
| Release date: |
April 2023 |
| First published: |
2022 |
| Authors: |
Gary B. Magee
• Wayne Geerling
|
| Dimensions: |
210 x 148mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
356 |
| Edition: |
1st ed. 2022 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-981-19-0666-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
981-19-0666-1 |
| Barcode: |
9789811906664 |
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