Rebuilding Germany - The Creation of the Social Market Economy, 1945-1957 (Hardcover, New)

The social market economy has served as a fundamental pillar of post-war Germany. Today, it is associated with the European welfare state. Initially, it meant the opposite. Rebuilding Germany examines the 1948 West German economic reforms that dismantled the Nazi command economy and ushered in the fabled 'European Miracle' of the 1950s. Van Hook evaluates the US role in German reconstruction, the problematic relationship of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and his economics minister, Ludwig Erhard, the West German 'economic miracle', and the extent to which the social market economy represented a departure from the German past. In a nuanced and fresh account, Van Hook evaluates the American role in West German recovery and the debates about economic policy within West Germany, to show that Germans themselves had surprising room to shape their economic and industrial system.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	James C.Van Hook
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	330
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-83362-2
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > European history > General Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Economic systems > General Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General Books > History > European history > General Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General Promotions
LSN:	0-521-83362-0
Barcode:	9780521833622

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