LEADER 03198nam 22003973 450 001 9910794530603321 005 20230629220205.0 010 $a1-62894-445-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000011982420 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6679405 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6679405 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011982420 100 $a20210901d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHow socialist East Germany's elite turned capitalist 210 1$aNew York :$cAlgora Publishing,$d2021. 210 4$dİ2021. 215 $a1 online resource (260 pages) 311 $a1-62894-444-7 327 $aPart one. Before the 1963 'economic reform' -- The prevention of democratic change in East Germany after World War II -- The role of the soviet military administration in Germany (SMAD) -- The foundation of the GDR on October 7, 1949 -- Stalin's diplomatic initiative in March/April -- "Accelerated construction of socialism" - the second party conference of the socialist unity party -- The 17th of June, 1953 -- The new character of the socialist unity party after the June events -- First steps towards the new economic system -- The events preceding the building of the Berlin Wall -- The building of the Berlin Wall on August 13, 1961 -- "De-Stalinization" -- A former Nazi - Ulbricht's first choice for the "economic reform" -- Final preparations -- Part two. The "new economic system of planning and leadership" (NO?SPL) -- Disregard for the law of central planning -- Profit as regulator of social production -- The realization of profit through the market -- Means of production becoming commodities -- The new banking and credit system -- The reform of industrial prices -- Self-financing -- Concentration and centralization of capital -- The new premium system -- The abolition of the state monopoly on foreign trade -- Influx of foreign capital -- The sector "commercial coordination" (KoKo) -- Debt policies -- A new capitalist class -- The GDR working class - An exploited class -- The consciousness of the GDR working class -- The GDR state - an instrument of the new ruling class -- Part three. The end of the Ulbricht era -- The plot to get rid of Walter Ulbricht -- The reasons for Ulbricht's removal: the economic crisis in the GDR in 1970 -- The "Prague spring" -- The Polish rebellion -- Honecker's "main task". 330 $aWhen East and West Germany re-united, the world was amazed -- but this great moment should have been foreseen. East Germany, the GDR, was not transformed by a counterrevolution from the outside; the leadership was always capitalist at heart. The author shows how they were undermining the socialist foundations even in the 1950s, as soon as Stalin died. 607 $aGermany (East)$xEconomic conditions 607 $aGermany (East)$xEconomic policy 676 $a330.943/1087 700 $aSchnehen$b Gerhard$01485224 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910794530603321 996 $aHow socialist East Germany's elite turned capitalist$93704234 997 $aUNINA