Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. 1. Basic Features of the German Economy 1
5. 2. The Social Market Economy 24
6. 3. The Weak Growth Performance 38
7. 4. The Labor Market: High and Sticky Unemployment 69
8. 5. The Social Security System under Strain 114
9. 6. Ageing as a Challenge over the Next Forty Years 154
10. 7. Germany: an Immigration Country 166
11. 8. Regulation of Product Markets 181
12. 9. Environmental Protection: a German Topic 203
13. 10. The Capital Market and Corporate Governance 213
14. 11. Human Capital and Technology Policy 244
15. 12. The Fiscal Policy Stance 261
16. 13. Germany in the European Union: Economic Policy under Ceded Sovereignty 292
17. 14. The System of Governance in Germany’s Social Market Economy 325
18. 15. The Need for a Renaissance of the Market Economy 365
19. REFERENCES 378
20. INDEX 393