Despite severe economic turmoil within the last decade the stock diagnosis for most market insufficiencies has been: the state must be 'slimmed down'. Satisfying social needs through the free market under the slogan of 'less government is good government' has been a constitutive feature of...

The reform of the 'Deutsche Bahn' must be considered as one of the most controversial traffic policy decisions for several decades. Although an increase in passenger numbers and freight should be the top priority, the management relentlessly aims at increasing share value on the stock market....