Nach 20 Jahren deutsche Wiedervereinigung ziehen Gerlinde und Hans-Werner Sinn eine Bilanz des bisher Erreichten: Das Primat der Politik gegenüber den ökonomischen Gesetzen führte bei der Vereinigungspolitik zu absehbaren Problemen. So sei eine starke Konvergenz zwischen Ost- und...

Frank Scharr, Bundeskanzleramt, unterstreicht, dass die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung der ostdeutschen Länder in den letzten Jahren durch einen erfolgreichen Strukturwandel geprägt war, der mittlerweile zu einem höheren Industrialisierungsgrad als z.B. in Frankreich, Großbritannien oder den...

Joachim Ragnitz, ifo Niederlassung Dresden, zieht eine wirtschaftliche Bilanz 20 Jahre nach dem Mauerfall und schlägt einen Zehn-Punkte-Plan für die neuen Länder vor. Seiner Meinung nach solle der Bund über seine eingegangenen Verpflichtungen im Solidarpakt II hinaus Engagement in den neuen...

Zwanzig Jahre nach dem Zusammenbruch der DDR wird vielfach Bilanz der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung seither gezogen. Unbestritten ist, dass im Vergleich zur Situation in der DDR vieles besser geworden ist; unbestritten ist aber auch, dass nicht alle zu Beginn des Vereinigungsprozesses gehegten...

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...

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...

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 w est. However, every third deutschmark spent in the east has been...

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...

A political miracle occurred when Germany was reunited, and at first glance an economic miracle has followed. Real incomes in the eastern area 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...