Judge-made law has played a crucial role in the process of European integration. In the vertical dimension, it has greatly reduced the range of autonomous policy choices in the member states, and it has helped to expand the reach of European competences. At the same time, however, "Integration...

"In How Will Capitalism End? the acclaimed analyst of contemporary politics and economics Wolfgang Streeck argues that capitalism is now in a critical condition. Growth is giving way to secular stagnation; inequality is leading to instability; and confidence in the capitalist money economy has...

Öffentlich-rechtliche Banken galten über Jahrzehnte als Stützpfeiler des deutschen Kapitalismusmodells und waren tief in die politische Ökonomie der Bundesrepublik eingebettet. Dies änderte sich, als die Europäische Kommission im Jahr 2001 das europäische Wettbewerbsrecht gegenüber der...