02598nam 2200649Ia 450 991081484560332120240416211339.01-282-09858-697866120985810-262-28370-0(CKB)1000000000389841(OCoLC)191934635(CaPaEBR)ebrary10185584(SSID)ssj0000277621(PQKBManifestationID)11213013(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277621(PQKBWorkID)10235396(PQKB)10700780(MiAaPQ)EBC3338679(Au-PeEL)EBL3338679(CaPaEBR)ebr10185584(CaONFJC)MIL209858(EXLCZ)99100000000038984120070108d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrCan Germany be saved? the malaise of the world's first welfare state /Hans-Werner Sinn1st ed.Cambridge, MA MIT Pressc20071 online resource (357 p.) "Contains extensive updates and added material"--Per publisher on electronic galley.Translated from the German.0-262-19558-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Competition, UnfairGermanyForeign trade and employmentGermanyLabor laws and legislationGermanyLabor marketGermanyGermanyEconomic conditions1990-Competition, UnfairForeign trade and employmentLabor laws and legislationLabor market330.943Sinn Hans-Werner123941MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814845603321Can Germany be saved3995881UNINA