The article shows that the technological precursors of decentralization require a reexamination of technological infrastructure for decentralized systems. Highlighting the past and present events in technology development that helped usher in the age of decentralization, the article examines the...

The government wants an infrastructure-based public service to be provided. First, the infrastructure has to be built; subsequently, it has to be operated. Should the government bundle the building and operating tasks in a public-private partnership? Or should it choose traditional procurement,...

In the latest 30 years, Costa Rica's real GDP per capita has more than doubled, driven by increasing labour utilisation. Labour productivity has instead stagnated at around 30% of the more advanced OECD countries. Productivity growth has been lacklustre despite the opening up of markets to...

Erstmals werden die globalen Veränderungen in der Weltwirtschaft analysiert, die durch Chinas geopolitisches Agieren zu erwarten sind und die sich als Gegenpol zum angelsächsischen Isolationismus abzeichnen. Das Reich der Mitte steht wie Deutschland in der US-amerikanischen Kritik zu hoher...