Der Autor war mit seinem Team u.a. aktiv an der Bekämpfung der letzten Ebola-Epidemie in Afrika beteiligt. In seinem Buch geht es am Rand auch um Beispiele von Pandemien oder Krankheiten wie der Spanischen Grippe, Zika oder Cholera, doch hauptsächlich wird die These erläutert, welche...

Trust in the ECB has fallen to unprecedented lows in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Up to the start of the recession in 2008, trust levels in the ECB were moderately high and trust in the ECB was not affected by business cycle variables such as growth and inflation. This changed...

The recent European elections have shown a sharp rise in parties and independent parliament members generally perceived as “Eurosceptic”. Against this background, this paper analyses the interconnections between distressed economies, the fall of confidence in traditional political parties,...

Welfare attitudes in times of crisis and austerity / Bart Meuleman, Wim van Oorschot and Tijs Laenen -- Welfare criticism in times of economic crisis : perceptions of moral, economic and social consequences of the welfare state, 2008-2016 / Bart Meuleman and Sam Delespaul -- The perceived abuse...

The purpose of this chapter is to explore the financial crisis through the lens of market construction and thereby investigate the EU's current strategies to tackle the financial crisis through measures taken to fight irregularities in the market. Before the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty...