Starting from the deep financial and economic crisis, which took place in Argentina towards the end of 2001, the political, economical and societal reconstruction phases up to early 2005 are briefly summarized. Especially the government of Kirchner - in office since May 2003 - set new priorities...

Although Switzerland is not a typical tax haven, Switzerlands legal system has some distinctive features that allows foreign individuals and companies to evade taxes. The most important is the distinction between tax evasion and tax fraud, with only the latter being a criminal offense. Therefore...

One of the main questions in recent debates on the future of welfare states has been whether globalization or structural economic change will lead to convergence. To answer that question, the liberal welfare state of the United States and the conservative continental European welfare states are...