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Ludwig Erhard in Africa: War Finance and Post-War Reconstruction in Germany and Mozambique

In: Arming the South

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  • Tilman Bruck

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The German economist Ludwig Erhard wrote a secret working paper on German war finance and war debt in 1943–44 to prepare for the eventual economic reconstruction of a defeated Germany (Erhard, 1977). Many of the ideas expressed in his paper formed the basis for post-war economic policies which he helped to shape as finance minister and, later, as chancellor of West Germany, and which contributed to the Wirtschaftswunder. Erhard’s analysis recognized the key role of war finance for shaping post-war fiscal constraints and people’s expectations of future growth. Without a careful position on war debt and the currency, the post-war government was going to risk its liquidity and credibility in the market thereby undermining confidence in itself and in the economy as a whole.

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  • Tilman Bruck, 2002. "Ludwig Erhard in Africa: War Finance and Post-War Reconstruction in Germany and Mozambique," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Jurgen Brauer & J. Paul Dunne (ed.), Arming the South, chapter 10, pages 235-250, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-50125-6_11
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230501256_11
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