Industrial policies pursued in many developing countries in the 1950s-1970s largely failed while the industrial policies of the Asian Miracles succeeded. We argue that a key factor of success is industrial policy with export orientation in contrast to import substitution. Exporting encouraged...

Der Autor skizziert die Geschichte und Theorie der Arbeit in Europa von 15.000 v.Chr. über sämtliche Epochen bis heute. Für die nahe Zukunft sagt er die radikale Veränderung menschlicher Arbeit, die mit unseren Vorstellungen von heute nichts mehr gemeinsam haben wird, voraus. (Christine Rohe)

Knowledge has become a crucial factor of production in the developed economies and, as humans are the carriers and utilisers of knowledge, skilled human resource is gaining similarly large relevance. These advancements are elements of the substantial changes that characterise the fourth...