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Numerous people in Germany, including politicians and researchers, believe that the gross domestic product (GDP) is an …, established a study commission (Enquete-Kommission) tasked with developing an alternative to the GDP for measuring growth …, prosperity, and quality of life. This commission has now submitted a proposal: to supplement the GDP with nine additional …
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Plenty of people in Germany, including politicians and researchers, believe that gross domestic product (GDP) is an …, established a study commission (Enquete Kommission) tasked with developing an alternative to GDP for measuring growth, wealth, and … quality of life. This commission has now submitted a proposal: to complement GDP with nine additional indicators, covering a …
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An imperative need has arisen to provide a Constructive push to the President Bush. American population, Corporate units, Expatriates and all nations with their currency related to US $, are not happy in the current $ dipping situation. Even the currencies of poor nations are galloping upward in...
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Up to now in the social sciences, what is known as citizen science—the involvement of interested citizens in scientific surveys—has been used relatively little as a method of empirical social research. While the “citizens’ dialogues” that are becoming more widespread in politics can be...
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Federal Republic of Germany in the 1970s. …
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The policy discourse termed flexicurity is on its way of becoming a concept. Yet, this political process bears the risk of departing from the very idea of flexicurity. This paper argues that this could be prevented if flexicurity were guided by a clear conception of human well-being. The paper...
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This paper applies the Alkire and Foster (2011) index of multidimensional poverty to German data. This is done with respect to the politically most important dimensions of poverty mentioned in the German federal government's report on poverty and wealth. Additionally, a modification of the...
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This paper compiles a multidimensional poverty index for Germany. Drawing on the capability approach as conceptual …
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Sowohl die Einkommensarmut als auch der Einkommensreichtum haben in Deutschland in den letzten Jahren deutlich zugenommen, zu Lasten der mittleren Einkommensgruppen. Reichtum sollte auch die Freiheit von materiellen Sorgen bedeuten. Trotz der Polarisierung der Einkommensverteilung hat der Anteil...
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