The financial crisis of 2008-2009 stands as a crucial litmus test of the robustness and performance of the varieties-of-capitalism thesis, which stipulates that national models of capitalism are distinguishable from one another by particular sets of political-economic institutions, resulting in...

With months of drought, hot summers and flooding, global warming has also become increasingly apparent in Germany over recent years. The Climate Protection Act, which was amended in 2021, therefore aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2045. At the same time, a favourable conservation status for...