"Economists have rightly been criticized for not having foreseen the crisis that exploded in 2007-2008. As Giancarlo Bertocco eloquently argues, responsibility does indeed rest heavily on their shoulders. By developing a theory which excluded the possibility that a catastrophic crisis could ever...

The current crisis is like an earthquake for the theoretical foundations of economic policies, which have guided governments and central banks for the last few decades. The efficient market hypothesis and its application to labor markets –“natural rate theory”- dominated interpretations of...

Das Jahrbuch, das sich dieses Mal der Analyse der Eurokrise und deren Lösungsansätzen widmet, wird von einer großen Gruppe von Wirtschaftswissenschaftlern und Gewerkschaftsmitgliedern erstellt und bezieht gewollt eine Gegenposition zu den Gutachten der "Fünf Wirtschaftsweisen". (LK/OS: Dannert)