1928 installierten die internationalen Ölkonzerne ein globales Hochpreiskartell, das sie bis 1938 gegen den Widerstand einiger Außenseiter zu behaupten versuchten. In diesen ölhistorisch bedeutsamen Zeitraum fiel die Abkehr des Deutschen Reiches von der Weltwirtschaft. Unter den Bedingungen...

German economic history in the industrial age has classically formed an important basis for the study of economic growth and industrialisation more generally. This book aims to introduce English-language readers to modern German economic history based on a selection of work by one of Germany's...

The 2008 financial crisis led to more and more frequent political attacks on central banks. The recent spotlight on central bank independence is reminiscent of the fiery debates amongst Germany's political elites in 1949 on the same issue; debates that were sparked by the establishment of West...