Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- On the early reception and dissemination of Adam Smith’s economic theory in Germany – literature, representatives and the case of Georg Sartorius -- Friedrich List on Adam Smith -- Johann Friedrich Pfeiffer on Adam Smith – An Early --...

"This dissertation explores the cooperative idea as defined by Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch and Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen and the moral philosophy of Adam Smith. Recently - and perhaps more than ever before - people are realising that cooperatives play a special role in society. Citing reasons...

The article discusses the conflict of goals between fair compensation for performance and equitable support based on need in modern welfare states, which is a subject of controversy in various disciplines. It answers the question of the extent to which this policy problem of modern welfare...