The fundamental mechanism that shapes the social order of welfare societies is the functional antagonism between the capitalist economy, on the one hand, and democratic politics on the other. This mechanism, with its mixed blessings, has been an unchanging feature of western welfare societies...

Wie Leidingers "Sozialismus" (BA 11/08) eine knappe historische Einführung; mit übersichtlichen Textteilen, Zusammenfassungen und Literaturangaben zu jedem Kapitel. Höchst nützlich: das Personenlexikon im Anhang. - Wie schon der Überblick von Gerhard Willke ("Kapitalismus", Campus Verlag,...

Flexible markets require flexible societies; humans, however, need a stable social order. According to received wisdom, when capitalist development razes traditional social structures, society fights back, and welfare state policies organize new stability to replace the old. More market produces...

This contribution describes the linkage of microsimulation models and computable general equilibrium (CGE) models using two already established models called “STSM” and “PACE-L” used by the Centre for European Economic Research. This state of the art research method for applied policy...

"This paper compares the structural approach to economic policy analysis with the program evaluation approach. It offers a third way to do policy analysis that combines the best features of both approaches. We illustrate the value of this alternative approach by making the implicit economics of...