We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Close this message to accept cookies or find out how to manage your cookie settings.
East Germany’s Hope Generation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 27 April 2023
The German Democratic Republic (GDR) existed for forty-one years. This gave time for a single generation to spend their entire professional lives in this state. Those born around 1930 made their vocational choices in the first years of the new state that was founded in 1949, were intellectually shaped during the years of the Thaw, built up their careers at the time of the consolidation of the GDR after the building of the wall, were at the peak of their careers in the 1970s, and allowed moderate but not radical reforms while retaining their posts in the 1980s. In 1989, they witnessed the ultimate reform that resulted in the end of the state. By then, they were close to retirement and could age with the unbroken belief in a better form of socialism to come. This book tells the story of this unique generation of economists.
To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.
Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.
Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.
