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Shock is a term of art that pervades modern economics appearing in nearly a quarter of all journal articles in economics and in nearly half in macroeconomics. Surprisingly, its rise as an essential element in the vocabulary of economists can be dated only to the early 1970s. The paper traces the...
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In the light of the deepening crisis of capitalism and continued non-Western capitalist accumulation, Henry Heller re …-examines the debates surrounding the transition from feudalism to capitalism in Europe and elsewhere. Focusing on arguments about … the origin, nature and sustainability of capitalism, Heller offers a new reading of the historical evidence and a critical …
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In this paper the view of humankind and nature upon which the thinking of Malthus is founded will be reflected on and contrasted with the opposed understanding of his contemporary Wordsworth. We show that the economic considerations of both are based decidedly on the premise of these views, and...
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Warum reagieren Gesellschaften so zögerlich auf die Klimakrise? Die in dem Essay verfolgte These lautet: Die wirtschaftlichen, politischen und sozialen Prozesse moderner kapitalistischer Gesellschaften weisen Macht- und Anreizstrukturen auf, die hinreichende Reaktionen auf die Klimakrise...
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Kapitalismus sieht sich seit je her drei moralisch artikulierten Vorwürfen ausgesetzt: Er führe (a) zur Verelendung der … Vorwürfe berechtigt, ganz im Gegenteil: (a) Im Kapitalismus werden die Menschen, und hier insbesondere die Arbeiter … Umweltschutz, während neue Technologien die Kosten dafür sinken lassen. (c) Kapitalismus fördert Kooperationsbereitschaft und …
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German family capitalism since the 1990s. Drawing on a sociology of ownership, we view family succession as a transfer regime … coordinates ownership transfer among founders through matchmaking. Our study contributes to research on family capitalism and …
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This paper discusses a number of questions with regard to Sweden's economic and political development: How did Sweden become rich? What explains Sweden's high level of income equality? What were the causes of Sweden's problems from 1970 to 1995? How is it possible that Sweden, since the crisis...
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What differentiates American capitalism from all other forms of industrial capitalism is a historical focus on both the …
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What differentiates American capitalism from all other forms of industrial capita-lism is a historical focus on both …
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in China in the long run. The paper aims at (i) applying the Varieties-of-Capitalism (VoC) framework to China and … China; (iii) analyzing the impact which the emerging type of capitalism will have on the economy's allocative and dynamic …
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