Namhafte Wissenschaftler (z.B. der Soziologe Elmar Altvater und der Geowissenschaftler Gerd Kohlhepp) beleuchten in 10 Beiträgen Grundfragen, aktuelle Probleme und Zukunftsperspektiven aus interdisziplinärer Sicht. Die Palette der Themen ist bunt: Die Globalisierung Brasiliens,...

This research contributes to the understanding of human genetic diversity within a society as a significant determinant of its economic development. The hypothesis advanced and empirically examined in this paper suggests that there are socioeconomic trade-offs associated with genetic diversity...

From the economic literature on the relationship between economic growth and environment pioneered by Grossman and Krueger (1991) and Shafik and Bandyopadhyay (1992) we first conduct a theoretical and critical reflection on the existence of a Kuznets curve for biodiversity. It appears that...