Raw material criticality has played an important role in geostrategic thinking, especially since the crisis surrounding the price and supply of rare earths at the beginning of the 2010s. However, once dependency and strategic importance grow too strong, substitution efforts will take place that...

Reviewing President Carter's economic policy after his first few months in office, Professor Wertheimer assumes a critical attitude particularly towards Carter's energy package and anti-inflation policies which, in his opinion, show serious flaws, limitations and lack of imagination.

For some time the Japanese Government has been heavily urged upon to adopt expansionary measures and thus contribute via increased imports to the economic recovery of Japan’s trading partners. Against this background, the following article analyses the present state of the Japanese economy and...