Can Germany Be Saved?: The Malaise of the World's First Welfare State

by Hans-Werner Sinn

Book Overview

A prominent economist argues in this German bestseller that Germany can rescue its sluggish economy by transforming its social welfare system and reforming its labor market and tax structure, offering insights into economic dilemmas experienced by all advanced economies in a time of globalization.

What has happened to the German economic miracle? Rebuilding from the rubble and ruin of two world wars, Germany in the second half of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262512602
• ISBN13: 9780262512602
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 338 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher