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Autore |
Sinn Hans-Werner |
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Titolo |
Can Germany be saved? : the malaise of the world's first welfare state / / Hans-Werner Sinn |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-09858-6 |
9786612098581 |
0-262-28370-0 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (357 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Competition, Unfair - Germany |
Foreign trade and employment - Germany |
Labor laws and legislation - Germany |
Labor market - Germany |
Germany Economic conditions 1990- |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"Contains extensive updates and added material"--Per publisher on electronic galley. |
Translated from the German. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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The first shall be last -- How German workers lost their competitive edge -- Trade-union capitalism -- Competing against the welfare state -- The withering East -- Taxes and transfers : the endless loop -- The birth dearth -- EU enlargement, migration, and the new EU constitution -- Rethinking the welfare state : a reform program. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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A prominent economist argues in this German bestseller that Germany can rescue its sluggish economy by transforming its social welfare system and reforming its labor market and tax structure, offering insights into economic dilemmas experienced by all advanced economies in a time of globalization. |
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