title: The Vicious circle of the Identity of the East German Masses -- the Dilemma of the Construction of the German Common National Identity
abstract: After the World War II, Germany was divided into two parts, the East and the West carried out social economy and national construction for half a century under the guidance of planned economy and market economy separately. The longer the division of Germany, the greater the gap between east and west in terms of economic system, political culture and so on. Now, Germany has been unified for more than 30 years, and the economic integration between the East and the West has achieved remarkable resu
journal: Highlights in Business Economics and Management