Ende 1997 berief die Deutsche Bank die international renommierten Historiker A. Barkai (Jerusalem), G. Feldman (Berkeley), L. Gall (Frankfurt/Main), H. James (Princeton), J. Steinberg (Cambrigde) in eine unabhängige Kommission zur Untersuchung aller Aspekte der Geschäftstätigkeit der Bank im...

This paper analyzes the attitudes of industrial employers during the German Empire and the Weimar Republic towards the adoption of public unemployment insurance. While employers initially opposed unemployment insurance, they eventually endorsed it. What explains this shift in attitude? The paper...