Balance. Economical analysis of the project German unity

The author analyzes the intermediate results of the project of unification of the West and East of Germany, paying the main attention to its economic side. Many are disappointed with the results achieved, and in the east of the country a feeling of resentment ripens. Budget funds continue to flow from west to east, and people continue to move from east to west, and so far the East economy is noticeably lagging behind the Western economy. Were terrible mistakes really made in the revival of the East of the country?
The author writes that the achieved should not disappoint, the just set the task was extremely complex, and the expectations of the early 1990s - high. Forty years of socialism and isolation from the global market left deep traces in the structure of the economy and it takes time to restore innovative potential