1st Edition
Economic Policy Proposals for Germany and Europe
192 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
182 Pages
31 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Despite exporting more good and services than any other country in the world, economic growth in Germany has been slow through the nineties and the early twenty first century with low wage growth, rising unemployment and increasing public deficits. German unemployment was traditionally diagnosed as structural, neglecting macroeconomic causes of economic stagnancy in the economic policy debate.... Read more
1. Introductory Summary: Prosperity for Germany and Europe Ronald Schettkat 2. Broadening the Discussion of Macroeconomic Policy Robert M. Solow 3. Monetary Policy and the Real Economy Paul de Grauwe and Claudia Costa Storti 4. Germany in the Monetary Union, Charles Wyplosz 5. Reforms, Macroeconomic Policy and Economic Performance in Germany Wendy Carlin and David Soskice 6. Exportweltmeister: So What? - Better Goals for German Foreign Economic Policy Adam Posen 7. Wanted: A New German Wirtschaftswunder Richard B. Freeman
Biography
Ronald Schettkat is Professor of Economics at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal in Germany.
