Nicht nur Menschen haben sich mit Covid19 angesteckt, auch die Wirtschaft ist infiziert. Das Virus trifft durch Handelskriege und Zölle geschwächte Unternehmen, und Deutschland als Exportweltmeister bekommt das doppelt zu spüren. Jeder Einzelne von uns ist betroffen. Die Frage, wie es...

Buying (RED) productsofrom Gap T-shirts to Appleoto fight AIDS. Drinking a ""Caring Cup"" of coffee at the Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to support fair trade. Driving a Toyota Prius to fight global warming. All these commonplace activities point to a central feature of contemporary culture: the most...

The economics profession appears to have been unaware of the long build-up to the current worldwide financial crisis and to have significantly underestimated its dimensions once it started to unfold. In our view, this lack of understanding is due to a misallocation of research efforts in...

In this paper we aim to trace the roots of the ongoing economic mayhem and to unmask the chorus of the tragedy which plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of perfect competition, the global fields of the dysfunctional...