Formerly a favourite location for private capital inflows, Brazil was virtually cut off from further bank lending in the 1980s. The country's rating in secondary loan markets plummeted, and foreign direct investment dwindled. New external financing was replaced by an accumulation of interest...

The New Economy should not be discounted as a temporary stock market phenomenon, but should be recognized as a real and sustainable phenomenon. The basic feature of the transition towards the New Economy is the rising importance of information—both as output and input good—in virtually all...

Mit der weltwirtschaftlichen Integration verstärken sich die Interdependenzen zwischen den institutionellen Regelwerken einzelner Länder. Der nationale Wirtschaftspolitiker wird zunehmend zum globalen Wirtschaftspolitiker. Um Freihandel zu sichern, muß der globale Wirtschaftspolitiker...