GER-PolEcon.pdf

文档介绍：Germany: Political Economy
I. German Industrialization
II. Structures of the Social
Market Economy
III. Wither the
Wirtschaftswunder?
I. German Industrialization
„ Germany as a Late Industrializer
„ Zollverein (1834)
Bismarck the
„ “Coordinated” Industrialization Industrializer
„ Business, State, Banks (and Unifier…
and Militarist…)
„ Top-Down System
„ Social Welfare and Education
„ Railroads
„ Shapes later Political Economy(s)
II. Structures of the Social Market
Economy
„ Role of the State
„ Social Protection (High Taxes)
„ Market Coordination
„ Macro Management
„ Organization of Capital
„ Coordinating Role of Banks
„ Dominance of Large Corporations
„ Vocational Training System
II. Structures of the Social Market
Economy
„ Organization of Labor
„ Centralized Unions (., DGB)
„ Co-determination (Mitbestimmung)
„ Culture
„ Social Partnership
„ Negotiated Change
„ The ‘High Everything’ Economy
III. Wither the Wirtschaftswunder?
„ Problems of the 1990s
„ The Costs of Reunification
„ The Single Currency
„ Increasing Globalization
„ The Struggle to Reform
„ Unemployment
„ Pensions f