This transdisciplinary volume puts forward proposals for wiser, socially just and sustainable socio-economic systems in transition. There is growing support for the view that the end of capitalism is around the corner, but on which conceptual and ethical basis can we interpret these times? With...

This book applies ideas and methods from the complexity perspective to key concerns in the social sciences, exploring co-evolutionary processes that have not yet been addressed in the technical or popular literature on complexity. Authorities in a variety of fields--including evolutionary...

In Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy Joseph A. Schumpeter concluded that socialism would eventually displace capitalism in Western democracies. This would come about as a result of the superior performance of capitalism. We extract six 'stylized' propositions that are essential elements of...

Auf Inflation mit politischen Maßnahmen zur Stimulierung der Nachfrage zu reagieren, wirft Fragen auf, insbesondere wenn einflussreiche zeitgenössische Ökonomen wie Hans Werner Sinn dies unterstützen, indem sie den Konsum als wachstumsschädlich und unnötig für die Wirtschaft bezeichnen....