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Gastarbeiter and the Wirtschaftswunder

Jakob von Weizsäcker argues that Gastarbeiter were critical in establishing Germany‘s hugely successful cluster in the car industry. Looking forward, Europe‘s ability to agree on an open immigration policy for high-skilled immigration will be critical for the European knowledge industries to be able to compete. Click here   to download this comment. This comment was […]

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Jakob von Weizsäcker argues that Gastarbeiter were critical in establishing Germany‘s hugely successful cluster in the car industry. Looking forward, Europe‘s ability to agree on an open immigration policy for high-skilled immigration will be critical for the European knowledge industries to be able to compete.

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