How will international integration affect welfare policies? This paper considers the possibilities of financing public sector activities (public consumption and social security expenses) by general (wage) taxation in an economy which becomes more integrated in international product markets. Even...

In their quest to maximize efficiency, law and economics scholars often produce novel, creative, and counterintuitive legal rules. Indeed, legal economists have argued for baby selling, against anti-discrimination laws in the workplace, and for insider trading. In this essay, we discuss some...

In the beginning of their term the Red-Green German Government has resolved to adapt overall policy up to the model (Leitbild) of an "activating welfare state". By means of the recent labour market and social policy reforms according to "Hartz-Commission" and "Agenda 2010" we can see the effects...

Klappentext: Deutschland steht vor dem Scheideweg. Noch nie lebten so viele Menschen in Armut. Statt die Probleme energisch anzupacken, geht die Politik den kalten Weg der Ausgrenzung. Doch wo Millionen von Menschen ausweglos im Abseits belassen werden, geraten die Fundamente der Bundesrepublik...