German Economic Miracle" Reading.

1.Explain the WeimerRegime's role in helping Hitler to establish his economic system.

2. Explain Hitler's logic behind establishing tight price and wage controls.

3. What were some of the weaknesses Germany faced in its price and wage control system?

4. Explain the German Banking System Collapse from what caused it to solutions proposed for it.

5. What was the significance of Hitler's price stop being unannounced?

6. What does the presence of a black market in Hitler's economy reveal about markets?

7. Explain the conflict between Ludwig Erhard and Germany's Social Democratic Party regarding how to fix Germany's economy. Who won and why?

8. What 3 factors picked up the German economy after WWII and created the so called German Economic Miracle? Whateffect did they have on the German economy?

https://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/GermanEconomicMiracle.html

China Is Experiencing a Boom in Share Sales

Summary:China is claiming a record proportion of global initial public offerings and other debuts, aided by buoyant markets, a new tech board, and companies seeking listings closer to home. So far this year, exchanges in Shanghai and Shenzhen have hosted more than $47.5 billion of IPOs and listings for firms that have shares already trading elsewhere, Refinitiv data shows. That is already the highest annual tally compared with any full year since 2010 and an unprecedented 27% of the global total, the data shows. If deals in Hong Kong by Chinese companies are added, the proportion rises to 43%.

Questions:

1. What factors appear to be driving the robust market for initial public offerings in mainland China and Hong Kong?
2. Why are selected Hong Kong-listed companies considering listing on China's STAR market?
3. How is the STAR board seeking to attract companies?
4. Why might the government be supportive of the growth of the Chinese equity capital markets?