"By many measures, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had the strongest economy in the Eastern bloc and was one of the most important industrial nations worldwide. Nonetheless, the economic history of the GDR has been primarily discussed as a failure when compared with the economic success of...

This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative...

Deutschland ist zum kranken Mann Europas geworden. Das Bildungssystem ist miserabel, die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit katastrophal. Die demografische Entwicklung lässt uns einknicken, die sozialen Sicherungssysteme sind marode und produzieren noch mehr Arbeitslosigkeit. Politiker, Wirtschaft und...