Arbeitspapier

Germany's post-2000 stagnation in the European context - a lesson in macroeconomic mismanagement

In the present paper we question the mainstream diagnosis of Germany's post-2000 stagnation as well as the prescribed remedies. We show that the ‘institutional sclerosis' view of Germany's stagnation is unfounded and that therefore the political measures proposed and actually taken are misguided. Instead, we claim that macroeconomic mismanagement explains the German absolute and relative stagnation compared with the Euro area as a whole and with the USA. If the problem of macroeconomic mismanagement is not addressed and solved, irrespective of occasional cyclical upswings, we predict a continuing stagnation tendency for the German economy. And we argue that this is not only a German problem, but a matter of European concern, because the macroeconomic policies which have caused the German constellation will have major negative feedback effects on the other Euro area countries in the near future.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IMK Working Paper ; No. 3/2006

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Central Banks and Their Policies
Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
Fiscal Policy
Comparative or Joint Analysis of Fiscal and Monetary Policy; Stabilization; Treasury Policy
Incomes Policy; Price Policy
Studies of Particular Policy Episodes
Thema
Macroeconomic policy
structural reforms
unemployment
growth
inflation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hein, Eckhard
Truger, Achim
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK)
(wo)
Düsseldorf
(wann)
2006

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-20080814142
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hein, Eckhard
  • Truger, Achim
  • Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Institut für Makroökonomie und Konjunkturforschung (IMK)

Entstanden

  • 2006

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