Creation of the Single German Economy

The thesis of this research is that, as a rejection of monetary union was used to preclude full German unification in the mid- to-late 1940s, economic unification in the early - to - mid 1990s will be used to facilitate the full unification of Germany. Economic union is a de facto unification which will lead to de jure unification.

Currency reform for Berlin in the late-1940s was a part of a wider currency reform for all of Germany--both East and West. In turn, currency reform for Germany was but a part of the broader political struggle of the day between the Western Allies and the Soviet Union.

Currency reform for Berlin assumed an exaggerated significance in 1948, because it served as the formal pretext for the imposition

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n the Western Allies and the Soviet Union. On the narrow question of currency reform, new currencies were issued for both West Germany and East Germany. The currency reform was the first step in a process which led to the creation of two post-war Germanies. In those early-days, neither side recognized, de jure, the legitimacy of the actions of the other, with respect to the creation of two Germanies, or with respect to the two German currencies. De facto recognition existed, however, on each side. The creation of two post-war German states was probably inevitable, given the differing objectives and perspectives of the Western Allies and the Soviets. The monumental misreading of one another's intentions and actions, however, undoubtedly led to a greater intensity and longevity of the Cold War. REFORM IN EASTERN EUROPE The late-summer and fall of 1989 witnessed the beginning of dramatic, rapid, and unexpected change in most socialist bloc countries--change which continues in 1990. First and foremost, the political change occurring in the socialist bloc countries is a rejection of one-party rule, and particularly institutionalized one-party rule to a much greater extent than they represent a rejection of communism per se,
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