TY - BOOK AU - Sinn,Hans-Werner TI - Can Germany be saved?: the malaise of the world's first welfare state SN - 9780262195584 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - HC286.8 .S56213 2007 U1 - 330.943 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - MIT Press KW - Labor laws and legislation KW - Germany KW - Labor market KW - Foreign trade and employment KW - Competition, Unfair KW - Economic conditions KW - 1990- N1 - "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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2007000556.html ER -