This lecture is a tour dhorizon of the financial crisis aimed at extracting lessons for future financial regulation. It combines normative recommendations based on conventional welfare economics with positive assessments of the kind of measures likely to be adopted based on political economy...

Der Prozeß der europäischen Integration hat in den letzten Jahren ein vorher nicht gekanntes Tempo erreicht. Die Vollendung des Binnenmarktes führte in weiten Bereichen zu einer gegenseitigen Anerkennung oder Hamonisierung von variierenden Standards, Normen und Regulierungen zwischen den...

The proposal involves the establishment of ?welfare accounts? for every person in a country. There are to be four accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital account (covering education and training), and a health...