Ergänzend zu den Beiträgen im Schnelldienst Nr. 15/2002 nimmt Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, ifo Institut und Universität München, kritisch zu den Vorschlägen der Hartz-Kommission Stellung. Seiner Ansicht nach "sind die Vorschläge der Hartz-Kommission im Grundsatz zu begrüßen, weil sie...

A political miracle occurred when Germany was reunited, and at first glance an economic miracle has followed. Real incomes in the east have now reached the western level, and investment per capita has been much higher than in the west. However, every third deutschmark spent in the east has been...