War die Weltwirtschaftskrise der 1930er-Jahre vermeidbar? Haben Politiker wie Heinrich Brüning in Deutschland oder Herbert Hoover in den USA durch ihr Handeln die Krise verschärft und damit Millionen von Menschen in Armut gestürzt? Oder haben sie – schlimmer noch – den Aufstieg...

What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the prehistoric Polynesian culture of Easter Island to the...

This publication presents OECD's comprehensive review of rural policy in Italy. On average, rural regions in Italy have some of the highest GDP per capita among the OECD countries, yet unexploited potential remains. This analysis of rural Italy reveals heterogeneous economic conditions, an...