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The DDR achieved about half the GDP per capita of West Germany. That would be considered quite good in most of the world.
by forinti 5y ago
The DDR achieved about half the GDP per capita of West Germany. That would be considered quite good in most of the world.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoBut they were the same country before... they had equal starting position, both had same people, and pretty much both were equally destroyed West germany was a mark of "the best stuff" in many countries, and DDR had trabants...
- forinti 5y agoThey didn't really have the same starting point. The West had the Marshall Plan and the East had to reboot itself.
- sofixa 5y ago> But they were the same country before... they had equal starting position, both had same people, and pretty much both were equally destroyed Not really. The fighting and destruction in the East was much worse, and the Soviets initial plan was punishment - lots of industry was simply dismantled and shipped to the Soviet Union. While the Western allies realised early on they'll need Germany against the Soviets, and started investing in it ( the Marshall plan).
- dragonwriter 5y ago> The DDR achieved about half the GDP per capita of West Germany. That would be considered quite good in most of the world. Most of the world didn't start as part of united Germany and differ from the West mainly in the governing ideology and resources of the occupying power that dictated policy to it.