A corollary of the pandemic crisis and the unprecedented contraction of economic activity in Europe is the inevitable increase in public debt, and the need for active support of the European Central Bank (ECB), centred on the emergency purchase programme of government bonds. There is broad...

The thirty-years war -- The puzzling politics of winner-take-all -- The winner-take-all economy -- How the winner-take-all economy was made -- A brief history of Democratic capitalism -- The rise of winner-take-all politics -- The unseen revolution of the 1970s -- The politics of organized...

Die akademische Literatur liefert zahlreiche Beispiele dafür, wie Konflikte bezüglich der Verteilung von Ressourcen Wahlen, politische Präferenzen sowie Handeln und somit auch das politische Alltagsgeschehen beeinflussen. Die vorliegende Dissertation untersucht solche Prozesse und illustriert...

This paper provides an overview of the period prior to the recent global crisis, and the policies that were adopted around the world in response to the crisis. It highlights a number of key issues regarding economic and financial policies that governments have faced both globally and nationally....