Economy in the GDR in the 1980s
- Created by: elle1999
- Created on: 28-04-16 17:19
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- Economic problems in the GDR
- High spending on health and welfare
- Ageing population
- Environmental problems
- New technologies
- Workers less productive
- National debt
- 30% oil to Russia
- Had to use brown coal
- Failed to compete with new technology
- Stagnation in the 1980s
- Military spending very high.
- No consumer goods for people to buy.
- Poor quality of consumer goods
- Long queues
- Bread and basic clothing not available
- All factories- 5% had to be consumer goods.
- High spending on health and welfare
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