
Samuelson on socialism
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in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, Marxist economics Tags: East Germany, West Germany, economics of central planning

1947 CDU election poster reads “Never Oder-Neisse line – vote CDU”. It took two decades until West Germany recognized the loss of that territory. The people from this region that settled in West Germany were an important voter block.
02 May 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, International law, laws of war, war and peace Tags: West Germany, World War II
1988 East German Map Which Shows West Berlin
10 Nov 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: Berlin, Berlin wall, East Germany, fall of communism, Germany, West Germany
Has Bruce Ackerman just said the dumbest thing ever said?
10 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture Tags: Berlin wall, Cold War, collapse of communism, East Germany, fall of the Berlin wall, German unification, Germany, Greece, public intellectuals, West Germany
Traffic Jam near the Brandenburg Gate as East Germans move into West Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989. http://t.co/hVWT9Mwh4L—
Vexy Vox (@Vexyvox) November 14, 2014
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