Far-reaching changes in the People's Republic of China's economic and social policy have been decided and carried out since 1978. The following article analyses a number of selected aspects of the economic order to illustrate the direction the reforms are taking and the limitations to which they...

The most prominent and debated issues in the negotiations on the next Multiannual Financial Framework for the EU for the period 2014-2020 were the overall budget volume, the structure of expenditures and the continuation of the rebates for (some) net contributor countries. However, the system of...

Sustainability-oriented tax-based own resources would do more than just help to close the existing sustainability gaps in EU taxation. Member States primarily consider their individual net positions, i.e. the difference between their payments into the EU budget and the transfers they receive out...