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Ms. Shlaes described the new sense of freedom felt by Germans since the reunification. She mentioned the importance of the elections and of the destruction of the Berlin Wall, as well as the…

Ms. Shlaes discussed the wage differentials mentioned by Mr. Balzer in his interview and how the Germans had to learn to adapt to West German society. She compared the societies of Japan and…

Amity Shlaes, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, described the East German government’s transition over the past half-century from nazism to communism to democracy. She spoke about the ch…