Im Jahr 2021 steht die deutsche Industrie vor immensen Herausforderungen, die in der deutschen Wirtschaftsgeschichte einzigartig sind. Die langfristigen Folgen der Coronakrise sind noch nicht absehbar und zugleich steht die Industrie mitten in einem umfassenden Transformationsprozess, der...

Addressing the question of why the Industrial Revolution occurred first in England, Rick Szostak demonstrates the crucial role played by the development of a nation-wide network of land and water transport. He rejects revisionist arguments that downplay the significance of transportation to the...

The recent steel conflict between the USA and Europe has once again dramatically highlighted the close links between political and economic strategies in this field. The world-wide steel crisis has provoked permanent state intervention in the steel industry. The forms taken by this intervention...