Zusammenfassung In der ökonomischen Theoriegeschichte bestehen parallel zwei Tendenzen: zum einen eine unifizierende, mehr oder minder lineare Geschichte der allmählichen Herausbildung des modernen Kerns der Ökonomie zu schreiben, zum anderen sich auf Heteronomie einzulassen, d. h. auf ein...

Summary In this paper, we provide some reflections on the development of monetary theory and monetary policy over the last 150 years. Rather than presenting an encompassing overview, which would be overambitious, we simply concentrate on a few selected aspects that we view as milestones in the...

Abstract Ronald Coase was a founding father of modern law and economics. Yet, Coase distanced himself from the economic analysis of law, which today dominates the law and economics scholarship, and proposed an alternative research program, which is referred to here as “law and the economy”....