Introduction, by R. W. Bartlett.--Can capitalism compete? By R. W. Miller.--The growth of competition, by S. H. Slichter.--Free economy versus planned economy, by L. Erhard.--Confusion of tongues on the question of the economic order, by L. Erhard.--Latest from inside Russia, by J. Fromm.--New...

Bundesgesundheitsminister Rösler hat für 2011 eine umfassende Pflegereform sowohl der Leistungsseite als auch der Einnahmenstruktur angekündigt. Die Autoren dieses Beitrags machen den Vorschlag, die umlagefinanzierte Pflegeversicherung um eine kapitalgedeckte Säule zu ergänzen.

Cooperation among savings and cooperative banks was criticized by the European Commission because of potentially anti-competitive effects. In an industrial economics model of banks taking deposits and giving loans we look at regional demarcation as one of such cooperative practices. There are...

Over the course of the past twenty years, venture capital has fuelled an entrepreneurial revolution - first in the United States and now in Europe's common market -, which has opened new opportunities for technological innovation, capital investment and employment growth. Some of the most...