"The book Global Nexus: Political Economies, Interconnectivity, and the Social Sciences brings out the contradictions and conflicts within the globalisation exercise; that while it provides opportunities for the poor and unemployed to improve their livelihoods, it encapsulates them in the...

A healthy financial system encourages the efficient allocation of capital and risk. The collapse of the house price bubble led to the financial crisis that started in 2007. There is a large empirical literature concerning the relation between asset price bubbles and financial crises. I evaluate...

Inzwischen wird es offen angekündigt: Ganzen Städten, Regionen und immer mehr Unternehmen soll regelmäßig der Strom abgeschaltet werden, wenn Windparks und Solaranlagen wenig Strom bereitstellen und konventionelle Kraftwerke stillgelegt worden sind. Solche „rollierenden Blackouts“...