The Reagan and Bush years left us with a troublesome dilemma: how to balance our budget deficit against our social deficit. This book takes up the urgent question of how, in a time of budgetary stringency, we can meet the pent-up demand for spending on our nation's neglected poor, ill, and...

Die gefühlte Ungerechtigkeit im Land nimmt dramatisch zu. Verstärkt wird der Unmut der breiten Bevölkerung noch durch die aktuelle Finanzkrise. Doch der Wunsch nach Gleichheit im Zeitlater der Individualisierung ist nicht nur illusorisch. Er ist auch gefährlich, denn unsere Demokratie muss...

Against the background of the worldwide financial market and economic crisis, leading German economists urge policymakers to maintain the reform course in labor market policy. The experts warn not to jeopardize the clearly positive effects of the recent reform efforts. The "Petersberg...

We review theoretical and empirical research on the dynamic interactions between cultures and institutions. We think about culture as a system of values and about institutions as formalized rules of the game. Our presentation is organized around a simple theoretical framework of political...