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Wie man es auch dreht und wendet: Deutschland hat - im internationalen Vergleich - gravierende ökonomische Probleme. Von der einstigen "Lokomotive" der europäischen Wirtschaften ist nicht mehr viel übrig geblieben. Der Export ist vordergründig das Aushängeschild der bundesdeutschen...
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The first shall be last -- How German workers lost their competitive edge -- Trade-union capitalism -- Competing against the welfare state -- The withering East -- Taxes and transfers : the endless loop -- The birth dearth -- EU enlargement, migration, and the new EU constitution -- Rethinking...
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The article advances the hypothesis that Germany is unable to increase its gains from trade dispite increasing trading volumes. High and rigid German wages largely result from the minimum wage constraint imposed by a welfare state that offers generous replacement incomes. Confronted by low-wage...
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This paper discusses how an industrialized country could defend the wages and social benefits of its unskilled workers against wage competition from immigrants. It shows that fixing social standards harms the workers and that fixing social replacement incomes implies migration into unemployment....
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While the old systems competition took place with closed borders, globalisation has brought about a new type of systems competition that is driven by the mobility of factors of production. The new systems competition will likely imply the erosion of the European welfare state, induce a race to...
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This paper discusses how an industrialized country could defend the wages and social benefits of its unskilled workers against wage competition from immigrants. It shows that fixing social standards harms the workers and that fixing social replacement incomes implies migration into unemployment....
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In der 7. Aufl. werden die aktuellsten politischen Beschlüsse zur deutschen Sozialreform argumentativ und rechnerisch berücksichtigt. Allerdings gibt es schon wieder neue, wie z.B. zur Gestaltung der Hinzuverdienstmöglichkeiten bei Hartz IV.
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In der deutschen Wirtschaft geht es immer mehr zu wie auf einem Basar: billig im Ausland produzierte Teile werden in Deutschland endmontiert, mit dem Schild "Made in Germany" beklebt und teuer verkauft. Das ist zwar gut für die Exportstatistik, aber schlecht für Deutschlands Arbeitsmarkt,...
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