Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: Global Economic Crisis -- Chapter 2: The Road from Prosperity into the Crisis: The Long Cycle of Post-War Economic, Social and Political Development -- Chapter 3: The Systemic Nature of the Global Crisis and Some Principles for Tackling it -- Part II: Regional...

Einleitung -- Gleichheit und Gerechtigkeit -- Effizienzorientierte Begründungen für Umverteilung -- Effizienzgründe für die Existenz einer Sozialversicherung -- Rentenversicherung -- Kranken- und Pflegeversicherung -- Arbeitslosenversicherung und Grundsicherung -- Familienpolitik --...

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