The 2008 global financial crisis raised the expectations for the International Monetary Fund (IMF/the Fund) and instigated a call for a New Bretton Woods. In this paper, I review the Bretton Woods monetary system and the role of the IMF to suggest new insights into its role in the postwar...

Die Steuerreformen in den Transformationsländern Osteuropas wurden von wirtschaftlichen Beratern mitgestaltet. Bedeutsam ist die steuerpolitische Beratung des Internationalen Währungsfonds (IWF). Der Verfasser wirft grundsätzliche Fragen auf.

Public discontent with Mr. Lukashenko's authoritarian rule had been piling up for years and came to the surface after the fraudulent presidential election held in August 2020. At present the country is in a political stalemate as the official election results are challenged by a large part of...

This paper aims to contribute to the literature on growth regimes by combining an operationalization of growth regimes based on growth contributions and sectoral financial balances with an analysis of dominant social blocs (DSBs). We propose the concept of a growth strategy to bridge the...