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Staatssicherheit und Wirtschaftskrise: Warnungen des MfS vor dem ökonomischen Niedergang der DDR in den 1980er Jahren
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Abstract "Internal reports and information by the MfS more or less clearly addressed the actual economic situation in the GDR, also naming some of the causes. The secret analyses Mielke was presented with by the MfS Hauptabteilung (Main Department) XVIII uncovered some of the functional flaws of the planned ... view more
"Internal reports and information by the MfS more or less clearly addressed the actual economic situation in the GDR, also naming some of the causes. The secret analyses Mielke was presented with by the MfS Hauptabteilung (Main Department) XVIII uncovered some of the functional flaws of the planned economy, naming Günther Mittag as being responsible for a misguided economic policy. However, the MfS by its analyses was not able to offer any conceptual or personal alternative to the SED's economic course which could have been enforced under the prevailing political conditions." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
German Democratic Republic (GDR); Ministry of State Security (GDR); economy; economic development (on national level); economic crisis; economic policy; planned economy; Socialist Unity Party of Germany (GDR); prognosis; economic trend
Classification
Social History, Historical Social Research
Political Economy
Economic Policy
Method
historical
Document language
German
Publication Year
2014
Page/Pages
p. 251-265
Journal
Totalitarismus und Demokratie, 11 (2014) 2
Issue topic
Stasi konkret? Zur gesellschaftlichen Wirksamkeit der Staatssicherheit
ISSN
1612-9008
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications