Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/335937 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Citation: 
[Journal:] Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte (VSWG) [ISSN:] 2365-2136 [Volume:] 112 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2025 [Pages:] 335-358
Publisher: 
Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart
Abstract (Translated): 
Though long de-mystified by economic history literature, the idea of a German "economic miracle" of the 1950s occasionally shows up in popular discourse, propelled by political motivation. The article starts with a brief summary of older arguments for reconstruction as opposed to a structural break having caused economic recovery. It then addresses the more recent discussion on the continuation of the economic order after 1945. Both debates, however, have neglected the international dimension of Germany's spectacular growth episode. The article therefore asks, if indicators of the structural transformation to a market economy can be found on the global level.
Subjects: 
Germany
Economic Miracle
Bretton Woods System
Economic Order
JEL: 
N14
N44
N74
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Document Type: 
Article

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