1 The Chinese Birdcage -- 2 Western Triumphalism -- 3 China as the World's Factory -- 4 Housing Bubbles across the Western Hemisphere -- 5 The Global Financial Crisis -- 6 The Economic Fallout -- 7 Unlimited Supplies of Labor -- 8 China's Economic Development -- 9 Global Imbalances and Corporate...

Finanzkrisen verändern den Kapitalismus in besonderer Weise. Die aktuelle Krise zeigt, dass Finanzwirtschaft und Realwirtschaft Gefahr laufen, immer stärker entkoppelt zu werden. Diese Situation lässt die Finanzkrise beinahe zu einer Systemkrise werden. In Europa kommt ausserdem die Krise des...

Under what conditions will democracies enact liberal trade policies? I argue that existing research neglects the role of "legibility", the extent to which governments can monitor their citizens. States that achieve high levels of legibility do not need to rely on tariffs for tax revenue, as they...