02121nam a22003258a 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020002900141040002400170050002600194082002100220245012600241264005200367300005900419336002600478337002600504338003600530490005200566500007300618520087300691700004701564700004901611776003501660830005301695856004701748CR9781139343206UkCbUP20170413094205.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||120309s2013||||enk     s     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781139343206 (ebook)  z9781107030138 (hardback)  aUkCbUPcUkCbUPerda00aHC290.78 b.E233 201400a330.943/108722304aThe East German Economy, 1945–2010 :bFalling Behind or Catching Up? /cEdited by Hartmut Berghoff, Uta Andrea Balbier. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2013.  a1 online resource (260 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier0 aPublications of the German Historical Institute  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2015).  aBy many measures, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had the strongest economy in the Eastern bloc and was one of the most important industrial nations worldwide. Nonetheless, the economic history of the GDR has been primarily discussed as a failure when compared with the economic success of the Federal Republic and is often cited as one of the pre-eminent examples of central planning's deficiencies. This volume analyzes both the successes and failures of the East German economy. The contributors consider the economic history of East Germany within its broader political, cultural and social contexts. Rather than limit their perspective to the period of the GDR's existence, the essays additionally consider the decades before 1945 and the post-1990 era. Contributors also trace the present and future of the East German economy and suggest possible outcomes.1 aBerghoff, Hartmut,eeditor of compilation.1 aBalbier, Uta Andrea,eeditor of compilation.08iPrint version: z9781107030138 0aPublications of the German Historical Institute.40uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139343206