The Failure of Capitalism after the Fall of the Berlin Wall: Interview with Victor Grossman

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“Not everybody is happy about what happened after the Wall went down.  In fact, it’s often referred to in East Germany not as German reunification but as West German annexation or even colonization, because the economy in East Germany took a nosedive after the two joined, the East and the West joined — a terrible nosedive, which is still happening.” — Victor Grossman

At-risk-of-poverty rate by age groups 2007


This interview was broadcast by Uprising Radio on 10 November 2009.  See, also, Victor Grossman, “The Fall of the Wall” (MRZine, 10 November 2009).