Two predictable narratives dominate today's immigration debate. One version of the story involves “illegal aliens” who enter the country without permission, take American jobs, drain public resources, and refuse to acculturate. The other description involves “undocumented immigrants” who...

This paper considers the policy options of the West Bank and Gaza (WBG) with respect to trade and the exports of labor services. It concludes that i) a non-discriminatory trade policy (NDTP) is unambiguously superior to an FTA with Israel; ii) the WBG should pursue a NDTP with all its neighbors,...

The non-economic preconditions of globalization -- Welfare state mercantilism -- Defensive globalization in the welfare state : foreign trade policy and social policy in the USA -- Two worlds of welfare democracy : global capitalism and social policy reform in Germany and the USA -- The welfare...

Felix Lee, Wirtschafts- und Politikredakteur der taz, beschäftigt sich mit der Wirtschaftspolitik der Volksrepublik China. Er hebt u.a. das Verbot komplexer Finanzprodukte, die strenge Kontrolle des Bankensystems sowie die gezielte Industriepolitik und die Entwicklungsplanung lobend hervor....