The closed world of East German economists : hopes and defeats of a generation
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The closed world of East German economists : hopes and defeats of a generation
（Historical perspectives on modern economics）
Cambridge University Press, 2023
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-320) and index
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Description
History is replete with examples of scientists and social scientists working under the yoke of oppressive regimes. In The Closed World of East German Economists, Till Duppe tells the story of a generation of economists whose entire careers coincided with the forty-one-year existence of the German Democratic Republic (GDR). In a micro-historical fashion, he examines the world of East German economists through the formative episodes in the lives of five different economists from this "hope" generation. Using both the perspective of the actors as expressed in interviews and archival material unknown to the actors, the book follows East German economics from the early days of the acceptance of Marxism-Leninism through to its interaction with Western economics and its eventual dissolution following the collapse of the Berlin Wall. It is fascinating insight into the challenges faced by economists in a unique period of European history.
Table of Contents
- Introduction: East Germany's hope generation
- Part I. Growing Into a Socialist Germany: 1. Socialist awakening
- 2. Socialist role models
- Part II. Becoming of Age During the Thaw: 3. Staging a scientific debate
- 4. Negotiating socialist statistics
- Part III. Reforming reforms towards bailout: 5. Ulbricht's modernist reforms
- 6. Honecker's bourgeois reforms
- Part IV. Letting Go: 7. Diverting West during the detente
- 8. Saving socialism from the GDR
- 9. Conclusion: Retiring with the state
- References
- Index.
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