Innovatively combining existentialist philosophy with cutting edge post-structuralist and psychoanalytic perspectives, this book boldly reconsiders market freedom. Bloom argues that present day capitalism has robbed us of our individual and collective ability to imagine and implement alternative...

L. Leisering: Introduction -- F.-X. Kaufmann: Variations of the Welfare State - Great Britain, France and Germany Between Capitalism and Socialism: Preliminary Methodological Remarks -- Theoretical Foundations -- Welfare State Development Between Capitalism and Socialism -- Variations on the...

Consistency and Viability of Capitalist Economic Systems develops an original analytical framework to understand the relationship between the economic, political, and ideological structures, the external environment, and the process of reform that give rise to certain economic systems by...

This book identifies and explores the mechanisms linking political institutions and variation in capitalist systems. A strong correlation exists between varieties of political regimes and varieties of capitalism: majoritarian political regimes are correlated with liberal market economies (LMEs)...

This book reflects philosophically about the socio-political dimension of economics. Part I provides normative reflections on the economy: Section I reflects on the interconnections between the multiple discourses on the economy, section II presents Hegel's claim that the economic order is an...

Production of Ethanol from Sugarcane in Brazil -- From State Intervention to a Free Market -- Introduction -- PART 1 -- STATE INTERVENTION IN THE SUGARCANE ETHANOL INDUSTRY IN BRAZIL -- State intervention in the chain of production of ethanol from sugarcane in Brazil: its forms and effects on...

In today's increasingly globalized environment, many economic fundamentals need to be reconsidered in order to regain stability in the global marketplace. One such consideration is the failing dynamics of the international tax infrastructure. Neoliberalism 2.0 brings a 21st century assessment of...

This book is a forthright and novel examination of efforts to improve global governance over the last forty years. It looks at the effects of governance changes on people that have been marginalized by industrial progress and international conflict and the inability of national governments to...

Das Buch stellt auf leicht verständliche und anschauliche Weise Irrtümer im Bereich der Geldtheorien dar und erläutert die fatalen Folgen geldtheoretischer Fehleinschätzungen und ordnungspolitischer Verstöße für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. Orientiert an der Konjunkturtheorie Friedrich A....