This is the introductory chapter of the collective volume X. Contiades (ed.), Constitutions in the Global Financial Crisis, (Ashgate 2013), which is the first book to address the multi-faceted influence of the global financial crisis on the national constitutions of the countries most affected....

German policy during the Eurozone crisis supposedly follows an ordoliberal tradition. In this paper, we discuss to what extent this contention holds and to what extent Germany pragmatically responded to different crisis phenomena. A proper analysis of ordoliberal thinking reveals that the...

German policy during the Eurozone crisis supposedly follows an ordoliberal tradition. In this paper, we discuss to what extent this contention holds and to what extent Germany pragmatically responded to different crisis phenomena. A proper analysis of ordoliberal thinking reveals that the...

Die Finanzkrise 2008 hat die Weltwirtschaft an den Rand des Abgrunds getrieben. Doch ihre Ursachen sind bis heute weder verstanden noch behoben worden. Marc Friedrich und Matthias Weik zeigen, warum der Kapitalismus immer wieder daran scheitert, unseren enormen Wohlstand fair und nachhaltig zu...