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He headed up the Berlin Institute for Empirical Economic Research. From 1986 to 1994, he was a member of the “Council of the Five Wise Persons,” the experts responsible for examining all economic development.
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Pohl, R. The transition from communism to capitalism in east Germany. Society 33, 62–65 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02700310
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