gdr ; dev state 61-85 ; extent eco-stability ;increased economic production (inc. consumer goods) 0.0 / 5 ? HistoryGDRA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: ilovetheofficeCreated on: 06-05-18 16:04 in '60s significant increase in availability of whatkind of items? household 1 of 46 compared with FRG iwhat meant individuals were often dissatisfied tho? inferior wuality 2 of 46 SED weren't always blamed for lack of goods as many blamed who? USSR + excessive reparations 3 of 46 after '71 SED focused on trying to raise standards of living through what? consumer socialism / better welfare 4 of 46 theoyr was that more contented workforce would do what? work longer and harder for state 5 of 46 what was this policy of honecker's called? 'Unity of Social and Economic Policy' 6 of 46 hoped any increases in productivity would provide capital needed for improving GDR social conditions 7 of 46 political economic centralisation meant what for semi-private businesses and private businesses? all nationalised in '72 8 of 46 this sector created over what % GDR production? 11% 9 of 46 and employed nearly howmany ppl? 500,000 10 of 46 loss of these enterprises severely restricted Honecker's vision of what? 'consumer socialism' 11 of 46 which led to policy being reversed in? '76 12 of 46 focus on social aspects would greatly improve what in '0s?7 welfare / housing stnds 13 of 46 but meant what that would manifest into decline in '80s? consistent underinvestment in industry 14 of 46 industrial production grew @ about what % each year in '70s? 5% 15 of 46 and by '80 nearly every householdhad which two applicances? tv / fridge 16 of 46 and what % washing machines? 85% 17 of 46 resentment of unavailability of consumer goods often aimed at which two kinds of shops? Delikat / Exquisit 18 of 46 gov-run stores selling what? high-quality luxury goods e.g dresden china 19 of 46 who designed for? elite party members 20 of 46 and eccepted east german currency unlike which shops? intershops that soldwestern goods for cheaper but in westernmoney 21 of 46 overriding problem of honecker's policy was that it didn't develop an economu able to do what? cope with succession of problems that arose from mid '70s 22 of 46 when was the opec crisis? '73 23 of 46 and did what? raised world oil prices 24 of 46 why hurt GDR esp.? v few natural resources 25 of 46 inpact was to reduce what for GDR? purchasing power for exports 26 of 46 by '82 GDR finding it increasingly difficult to do what? secure credit 27 of 46 while what coaused shortage in consumer goods? slowdown in retail trade 28 of 46 escalated into full blown liquidity crisis where what factrs combined to lead to gdr inability to borrow momey? rising production costs / inc.st8 expendityre / mounting interest rates on debts / falling trade 29 of 46 what was the solution? frantic and secret negotiations between SED / FRG leaders 30 of 46 to secure nearly how much in loands '83-'84? 2bn DM 31 of 46 in order to give what illusion to western nations? that GDR was still credible investment 32 of 46 this much-needed cash was placed wehere instead of used as much-needed impetus for industry? banks 33 of 46 combined with efforts to reduce GDR's reliance on soviet oil by doing what? cutting down domestic consumptions 34 of 46 so what also impacted industry? energy cuts 35 of 46 which two things were then sold to west? soviet fuel / consumer goods 36 of 46 to generate what? hard currency 37 of 46 what did GDR citizens notice left shop shelves? 'thousand little things' 38 of 46 in '82 imports fell by hwat %? 30% 39 of 46 while exports rose by what%? 9.1% 40 of 46 what did this allow before next eco crisis? breathing space / NOT recovery 41 of 46 absurdities of bureaucratic obsession with planning can be seen from which order that went out? all factories should use a certain quota of robots 42 of 46 this order was filled by what/ simply reclassifuing all lifts / vacuum cleaners as robots 43 of 46 inferior quality of consumer goods also highlighted by what GDR car? trabant 44 of 46 expensive and deliberately underproduced why state thought private ownershup automobile ideologically wrong 45 of 46 whats the bare funny joje about the trabant? 'best feature? heater on the back to keep your hands warm while you push' 46 of 46
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