Increasing signs seem to indicate that, in the areas of both politics and thought, the age of neoliberal supremacy is approaching its end. An ideology based exclusively on the free play of the market is bound, ultimately, to lose its attraction. Growing inequality and social exclusion, with new...

Ohne das der Begriff ‚europäisches Sozialmodell’ exakt definiert ist, wird er in der politischen und wissenschaftlichen Diskussion inzwischen wie selbstverständlich gebraucht. Im Kontext mit der Errichtung des Binnenmarktes und den ersten Vorbereitungen zur Errichtung einer Europäischen...

This essay starts, after a short introduction on the importance and dimensions of "inclusive growth", with a brief empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite sobering and gives rise to the question: why is it so? The...