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Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945

Cilt: 11 Sayı: 1 25 Haziran 2026
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Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945

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This paper re-examines the Third Reich economy through the lens of macroeconomic sustainability. Rather than asking whether Nazi Germany recovered from the crisis of the early 1930s, it asks whether that recovery generated a peacetime growth regime capable of self-reproduction. Using a macroeconomic-historical framework and an annual dataset for 1932-1945, the paper combines compact prewar estimations with a wartime continuation framework to examine growth composition, civilian balance, and external constraint. The findings indicate that the recovery was real, but increasingly dependent on rearmament, public absorption, strategic trade management, and the compression of private consumption. Rising investment and public purchases were associated with a declining private-consumption share, indicating a less sustainable allocation structure. War thus appears not as an interruption of a viable model, but as a means of overriding constraints.

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Ayrıntılar

Birincil Dil

İngilizce

Konular

Kamu Ekonomisi, Örgüt Ekonomisi, Uygulamalı Ekonomi (Diğer)

Bölüm

Araştırma Makalesi

Yayımlanma Tarihi

25 Haziran 2026

Gönderilme Tarihi

21 Mart 2026

Kabul Tarihi

23 Mayıs 2026

Yayımlandığı Sayı

Yıl 2026 Cilt: 11 Sayı: 1

Kaynak Göster

APA
Görgülü, M. E. (2026). Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945. JOEEP: Journal of Emerging Economies and Policy, 11(1), 229-243. https://izlik.org/JA47EU47PL
AMA
1.Görgülü ME. Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945. JOEEP. 2026;11(1):229-243. https://izlik.org/JA47EU47PL
Chicago
Görgülü, Mehmet Emre. 2026. “Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945”. JOEEP: Journal of Emerging Economies and Policy 11 (1): 229-43. https://izlik.org/JA47EU47PL.
EndNote
Görgülü ME (01 Haziran 2026) Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945. JOEEP: Journal of Emerging Economies and Policy 11 1 229–243.
IEEE
[1]M. E. Görgülü, “Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945”, JOEEP, c. 11, sy 1, ss. 229–243, Haz. 2026, [çevrimiçi]. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA47EU47PL
ISNAD
Görgülü, Mehmet Emre. “Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945”. JOEEP: Journal of Emerging Economies and Policy 11/1 (01 Haziran 2026): 229-243. https://izlik.org/JA47EU47PL.
JAMA
1.Görgülü ME. Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945. JOEEP. 2026;11:229–243.
MLA
Görgülü, Mehmet Emre. “Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945”. JOEEP: Journal of Emerging Economies and Policy, c. 11, sy 1, Haziran 2026, ss. 229-43, https://izlik.org/JA47EU47PL.
Vancouver
1.Mehmet Emre Görgülü. Recovery, Rearmament, and Ruin: Macroeconomic Sustainability in the Third Reich, 1932-1945. JOEEP [Internet]. 01 Haziran 2026;11(1):229-43. Erişim adresi: https://izlik.org/JA47EU47PL

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