Taxes keep rising, the pension and health insurance systems are ailing. More and more companies are going bankrupt or are leaving the country. Unemployment has reached alarming levels. Germany is outperformed by its neighbours. It’s growth rates are in the cellar, and it can’t keep up with Austria, the Netherlands, Britain or France. Germany has become the sick man of Europe.
Hans-Werner Sinn, one of Germany’s top economists, analyses the causes of Germany’s decline and offers a “6+1” programme of measures to return Germany to the ranks of successful economies.
Publisher: Econ-Verlag (Web site in German) Author: Curriculum Vitae of Hans-Werner Sinn
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Since the publication of the book, many reactions to the book have reached the author. For this discussion forum a selection of the comments and questions received has been made.
CORINE 2004 Wirtschaftsbuchpreis für den Bestseller "Ist Deutschland noch zu retten?" ifo Pressemitteilung vom 21. September 2004
Bestseller "Ist Deutschland noch zu retten?" aktualisiert in der 6. Auflage ifo Pressemitteilung vom 2. September 2004
Wirtschaftsbuchpreis des Jahres 2003 an Hans-Werner Sinn ifo Pressemitteilung vom 8. Oktober 2003 (PDF)
Ein Sechs-Punkte Programm für die Gesundung der deutschen Wirtschaft - Stellungnahme zur aktuellen Reformdebatte (PDF) ifo Pressemitteilung von 16.10.2003 anlässlich der Buchpräsentation des Econ-Verlags in Berlin.
The CORINE International Book Prize is awarded by the Bavarian branch of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Book Traders' Association) and a multitude of partners and sponsors.
The President of the Munich Ifo Institute, Hans-Werner Sinn, will receive this year’s CORINE Economics Book Prize for his best-seller, "Ist Deutschland Noch zu Retten?" ("Can Germany Be Saved?"). He will be honoured for his sound analysis of Germany’s economic problems.
For details see Ifo press release of September 21st, 2004:CORINE 2004 International Book Prize in Economics for the Best-Seller: 'Ist Deutschland Noch zu Retten?'
The book has been awarded with the Economic Book Prize 2003 in the category "Reform" by the Financial Times Deutschland and getAbstract AG.
See photos of the award ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 8 October 2003
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Ist Deutschland noch zu retten? by Hans-Werner Sinn Econ / Ullstein Buchverlage: München/Berlin 2003 to 2005, 579 p. Gebunden mit Schutzumschlag: 8., aktualisierte Auflage 2004, ISBN 3-430-18533-5, 25,00 €; Taschenbuch: 4., aktualisierte Auflage 2005, ISBN 3-548-36711-9, 13,00 € Hörbücher: 13 Audio-CDs, 1 Bonus-CD im MP3-Format, Laufzeit ca. 15:30 Std. Sprecher: Ari Gosch Verlag: TechniSat Digital; Auflage: 1 (Mai 2006) Sprache: Deutsch ISBN 3939048119, 19,90 €
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