The question of whether Germany was "dancing on a volcano" between 1924-29 relates to how successful this period of time was and whether people of that time were merely relying upon its short-term success, when it's complete downfall was to follow no later than up to five years later. As for its reliability to be seen as a true reflection of Germany's situation between period, only an examination of the foreign policies as well as …showed first 75 words of 1105 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1105 total…it is unfair to say the German people were "dancing on a volcano" (accept for the small exception of their reliance of short-term loans) as no one could hope to expect a world economical disaster such as the 1929 wall street crash, which can be argued had it not been for that principle Germany may have carried quite nicely a long run in its Weimar Republic as political, economical and foreign policies have outlined thus far.