International surveys reveal wide differences between the views held in different countries concerning the causes of wealth or poverty and the extent to which people are responsible for their own fate. At the same time, social ethnographies and experiments by psychologists demonstrate...

Nach dem vieldiskutierten Bericht an den Club of Rome von 1972 wurde die Debatte um die Zukunftsaussichten unseres Planeten in mehreren Updates fortgesetzt. An beiden Berichten war der norwegische Zukunftsforscher J. Randers beteiligt während G. Maxton sich in "Die Wachstumslüge" ebenfalls mit...

While the economies of the fifteen countries that were in the European Union (EU15) in 2000 will continue to grow from now until 2040, they will not be able to match the surges in growth that will occur in South and East Asia. In 2040, the Chinese economy will reach $123 trillion, or nearly...

Scholars have long speculated about education's political impacts, variously arguing that it promotes modern or pro-democratic attitudes; that it instills acceptance of existing authority; and that it empowers the disadvantaged to challenge authority. To avoid endogeneity bias, if schooling...