This paper aims at providing a response to the interrelated issues of electronification and digitization of payments combining a law, economics and humanities approach with a critical eye on the most recent evolution of European Union law on the matter of payment systems and complementary and...

It is widely accepted that the pursuit of economic growth is becoming increasingly infeasible and undesirable, necessitating substantial changes to European economies. European economic activity in terms of emissions, resource use, pollution and impacts on biodiversity is ecologically...

Unilateral climate policy suffers from carbon leakage, i.e. the (partial) offset of the initial emission reduction by increases in other countries. Different than most typically discussed climate policies, degrowth not only aims at reducing the fossil fuel use in an economy, but rather at a...

The world is facing with challenges that were hard to imagine a few decades ago. The last century was one in which the world experienced the enthusiasm of progress as a result of the implementation of methods proposed by neoclassical growth theory. The effects of climate change cause us to...

Jahrbuch der "Arbeitsgruppe Alternative Wirtschaftspolitik", die ihre Analyse als sozial-ökologisch orientierten Gegenentwurf zum Jahresgutachten der "Fünf Wirtschaftsweisen" versteht. (LK/OS: Dannert)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: Europe and the crisis of values -- The quest for a European breakthrough -- The imperative of growth -- Europe and the difusion of power -- The challenge of identity -- The multitude of Europes -- Conclusions: EuropeÍs global future -- References.