Can Germany be saved? : the malaise of the world's first welfare state /
Hans-Werner Sinn.
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2007.
- xvi, 338 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
"Contains extensive updates and added material"--Per publisher on electronic galley. English edition of: Ist Deutschland noch zu retten?
Includes bibliographical references (p. [315]-334) and index.
The first shall be last -- How German workers lost their competitive edge -- Trade-union capitalism -- Competing against the welfare state -- The withering East -- Taxes and transfers : the endless loop -- The birth dearth -- EU enlargement, migration, and the new EU constitution -- Rethinking the welfare state : a reform program.