dc.contributor.author
Middendorf, Stefanie
dc.date.accessioned
2022-04-27T08:55:44Z
dc.date.available
2022-04-27T08:55:44Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/34879
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-34598
dc.description.abstract
In the aftermath of the First World War, the Weimar Republic found itself in financial disarray. Originally put forward by the antirepublican right, the idea of a forced loan emerged. The idea triggered harsh controversies regarding the shortfalls in the new state’s sovereignty and its lack of fiscal power within the framework of an international order. The conflicting images of the Weimar state effected the decisions finally taken. This article argues that a rhetoric of emergency was combined with notions of the expert as an apolitical figure in order to legitimize compulsory lending. Yet, contrary to contemporary perceptions, the Weimar forced loan was not a result of governmental impotence or an exceptional incident within the history of public finance. As a political tool, it helped to solve conflicts on the national as well as the international level, if only for a short period of time. As an instrument of state finance, it was not an act of failure to still fiscal needs the ‚normal way‘ but a conscious claim for the autonomy of the Weimar state. But the conviction that compulsory loans might be a legitimate element of fiscal politics under the auspices of a strong and well-informed state emerged only with the Second World War – in Germany as well as on an international level.
en
dc.format.extent
38 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Zwangsanleihen
de
dc.subject
Weimarer Republik
de
dc.subject
Kriegsfinanzierung
de
dc.subject
Reparationen
de
dc.subject
Hyperinflation
de
dc.subject
Staatsverschuldung
de
dc.subject
Zwischenkriegszeit
de
dc.subject
Ausnahmezustand
de
dc.subject.ddc
900 Geschichte und Geografie::940 Geschichte Europas::943 Geschichte Mitteleuropas; Deutschlands
dc.title
Notstand und Sachverstand
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dc.title.subtitle
Zur Konfliktgeschichte der Weimarer Zwangsanleihe
dc.title.translated
Emergency and Expertise
en
dc.title.translatedsubtitle
The Weimar Republic’s Forced Loan – A Case Study in Fiscal Controversy
en
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.1515/jbwg-2021-0015
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
2
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
405
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
442
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
62
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.1515/jbwg-2021-0015
refubium.affiliation
Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut
refubium.funding
Open Access in Konsortiallizenz - de Gruyter
refubium.note.author
Die Publikation wurde aus Open Access Publikationsgeldern der Freien Universität Berlin gefördert.
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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
2196-6842