The essays in this volume have been translated from the German to bring to the notice of a wider public the contemporary views of a group of prominent German economists and lawyers who have all participated in the development of post-war economic policy in the Federal Republic of Germany. The essays deal with a wide range of problems including the control of monopolies, the welfare state and the need for self-help, the role of trade unions in industrial societies and the future approach to economic problems of both communist and capitalist countries. This is the first of two which is part of...