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| held office of chancellor of the new reunified Germany |
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| led "national socialist" party, also held office of chancellor |
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| led east germany, slowly nationalizing industries and allowing a small private sector |
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| is considered the architect of FRG's post WWII economy |
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| ejected Jewish scientists who later worked on america's manhattan project |
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| established first government run health insurance, social security, and workers compensation |
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| resented equal wage policy since productivity differed. also resented 1 for 1 currency exchange |
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| has no entrepreneurial class other than the owners of small businesses in a small private sector |
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| consider former GDR citizens as freeloaders |
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| feel their taxes are squandered on those conditioned to be lazy and lacking in initiative |
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| previously enjoyed macroeconomic stability, income equality with a substantial safety net, public housing and transportation and almost zero inflation |
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| previously suffered low standard of living and extensive pollution, esspecially from coal burning |
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| enjoyed high labor participation and equal pay for both men and women |
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| viewed former FRG as an american colony |
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| experienced big bang transformation from command socialism to a form of market capitalism |
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| were aided by the marshall plan |
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| were included in the CMEA |
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| TF? GERMANY HAS A TWO PARTY SYSTEM, MUCH LIKE THE US. THIS IS DUE PRIMARILY TO THE US POLITICAL MODEL ESTABLISHED DURING THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION POST WWII. |
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| FALSE. GERMANY HAS A MULTI PARTY SYSTEM |
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| TF. SWEDISH CORPORATISM, GERMAN CO-DETERMINATION AND JAPANESE ENTERPRISE UNIONS ARE SIMILAR IN THAT IN ALL THREE, BOTH LABOR AND OWNER/MANAGEMENT WORK TOWARD CONSENSUS |
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| FALSE. IN JAPAN LABOR IS NOT AT THE TABLE. |
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| HISTORICALLY, GERMAN STRENGTHS INCLUDED HIGH-TECH VOCATIONAL TRAINING (APPRENTICESHIP/JOURNEYMEN), STRONG BANKING, AND DOMINATING AUTOMOTIVE, CHEMICAL, TEXTILE AND MACHINERY INDUSTRIES |
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| TF. CURRENT GERMAN WEAKNESSES INCLUDE HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, SIGNIFICANT BUDGET DEFICIT, AND INCREASING STRENGTH AND VIOLENCE BY NEO NAZI SKIN HEADS |
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| TF. GERMANY IS MORE STATE-DIRECTED THAN IS JAPAN. |
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| TF. GERMANY HAS HIGHER PERSONAL INCOME TAXES AND GREATER TAX PROGRESSIVITY THAN DOES SWEDEN |
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| FALSE. SWEDEN HAS HIGHER TAXES. |
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| TF. germany conservatives believe too generous labor practices have resulted in eurosclerosis. |
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| false. they blame too restrictive labor practices. |
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| in 1919 japanese demonstrated in a non violent pro independence movement and were harshly supressed by the koreans. |
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| false. the koreans made the demonstration and the japanese supressed them. |
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| TF. THE GDR EXPERIENCED THE ECONOMIC MIRACLE. |
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| FALSE. IT WAS THE WEST. FRG. |
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| TF. POST WWII, THE OCCUPYING FORCES OF THE US DEMANDED THAT BOTH JAPANESE ZAIBATSU AND GERMAN KOMBINATEN BE DISSOLVED, DUE TO THEIR POSSIBLE CONTRIBUTION TO INTENSIFYING NATIONALISM |
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| TF. THE ROK VALUES EDUCATION AND CONFUCIAN WORK ETHIC, the DPRK does not |
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| FALSE. THE ROK AND DPRK VALUE CONFUCIAN WORK ETHIC AND EDUCATION |
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