Die Untersuchung hat das Ziel, eine theoretische Analyse der Funktionen und Bestimmungsgründe der Vermögensverteilung unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Beziehungen zu den ökonomischen Aktivitäten des Staates zu entwerfen. Sie will zu einer Neuformulierung von Konzepten und...

Neoclassical economics assumes that provision for the future is simply a matter of the will to save enough of one's current income. However, saving requires the availability of a secure instrument. Historically, the availability of such instruments has always been a problem. The social security...

The article presents an empirical study of the legitimation of the market economy in the public sphere and examines whether criticism of the market economy has increased as a result of the euro crisis. The research results support the hypothesis of a transformation of the legitimacy basis for...

Two very different approaches are used to explore the relation between market orientation and gender wage differentials in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in product and labor markets and the general absence of...

Angst, Schadenfreude, Leitmotiv, oder Weltschmerz gehören zu den deutschen Lehnworten, die man in vielen europäischen Sprachen findet, da ihre Bedeutung aufgrund spezifisch deutsch-kultureller Prägung und Autorenschaft kaum adäquat zu übersetzen ist. Dasselbe gilt für Ordnungspolitik. Von...

This paper suggests a two-dimensional concept of nonliberal capitalism: coordinated capitalism (as described in the varieties of capitalism framework) and organized capitalism. While the coordination function of institutions canalizes individual maximization strategies of firms in order to...