"In the existing reports on national competitiveness and rankings such as IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook and WEF Global Competitiveness Report, there are sizable discrepancies in the ranking order for the same countries. As a result, the reader is often confused because such an outcome...

Prolog -- Wirtschaftskrieg als neues ökonomisches Paradigma -- Die Geburt des Wirtschaftskriegs aus dem Geiste der Rivalität -- Das Menschen- und das Ordnungsbild im Wirtschaftskrieg -- Der institutionelle Rahmen des Wirtschaftskriegs -- Kooperative und agonale Theorien des Staats --...

Data on global trade as well as capital and labor flows indicate a slowdown, but not reversal, of globalization post the 2008-09 financial crisis. Yet profound changes in the policy environment and public sentiment in the largest economies over the past five years suggest the beginning of a new...