Avoiding the Apocalypse: The Future of the Two KoreasInstitute for International Economics, 2000 - 431 pagine On the Korean peninsula one of the greatest success stories of the postwar era confronts a famine-ridden-and possibly nuclear-armed-totalitarian state. The stakes are extraordinarily high for both North and South Korea and for countries such as the United States that have a direct stake in these affairs. This study, the most comprehensive volume to date on the subject, examines the current situation in the two Koreas in terms of three major crises: the nuclear confrontation between the United States and North Korea, the North Korean famine, and the South Korean financial crisis. The future of the peninsula is then explored under three alternative scenarios: successful reform in North Korea, collapse and absorption (as happened in Germany), and "muddling through" in which North Korea, supported by foreign powers, makes ad hoc, regime-preserving reforms that fall short of fundamental transformation. |
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... East Germans to transit to the West , thereby releasing a wave of emigration . Mass demonstrations against the East German regime began in September of that year , and by November ... German 286 AVOIDING THE APOCALYPSE The German Experience.
... German wages . Another was to achieve restitution for property owners whose ... East Germany concerned the terms of the monetary union and the method of ... East German residents sufficient capital for their participation in the unified ...
... German investors . ) Indeed , residents of East Germany were effectively frozen out of this process . The paucity of financial instruments in East Germany prior to unification meant that the portfolios of East German households were ...
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Introduction | 1 |
References | 5 |
The South Korean Economy until 1997 | 15 |
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