Zurück ins 20 Jahrhundert! - so die Aufforderung am Ende des Beitrages, der in einem schlaglichtartigen Streifzug durch die neuzeitliche Steuergeschichte die Entwicklung der Grundprinzipien in der Besteuerung mit dem Ziel aufgezeigt, Vorschläge aus der aktuellen steuerpolitischen Debatte in...

Richard Musgrave was one of the around 200 academic economists who emigrated from Germany when Fascism came to dominate the country. This memorial lecture traces the German and European roots of Richard Musgrave's oeuvre, trying to shed light on his family background as well as on the political...

The paper reconstructs the origins of the quantity theory of money and its applications. Against the background of the history of money, it is shown that the theory was flexible enough to adapt to institutional change and thus succeeded in maintaining its relevance. To this day, it is useful as...

The paper recounts the history of the finance-growth nexus research from its origins to the yearly 1990s. The contributions are analyzed in connection with the socioeconomic context and advances in economic theory. Many ideas first expressed decades ago are still subject to constant discussions...