Das fliegende Geld der Chinesen, die Vellonmünzen der Spanier, die Schinderlinge der Habsburger, die französischen Assignaten oder die deutsche Mark - fast keine Währung der Welt, die der Inflation entkommen ist. Seit es Geld gibt, gibt es Inflation, zu allen Zeiten in allen Ländern haben...

"This book asks how Germany – a country long thought to be irrevocably European and committed to a more social market economy – could have emerged at the center of neoliberal restructuring in Europe."

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...