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The Economy Of United Germany: Colossus At The Crossroads
The Economy Of United Germany: Colossus At The Crossroads
By W. R. Smyser
St. Martin's, 1992, 266 pp

Most of this book is a good, clear, comprehensive description of how the west German economy works. The problems arising from the addition of eastern Germany are taken up more tentatively and selectively, with the emphasis on a merger "between rich and poor" rather than "between a capitalist and a socialist economy."

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