Pfadabhängigkeit und „natürliche Auslese“ markieren zwei Pole im Spektrum der Diskussionen um Institutionentransfers. Die These der Pfadabhängigkeit impliziert, dass, wenn überhaupt, nur ein inländischer Institutionenwandel von der Wahrnehmung ausländischer Institutionen beeinflusst...

Books reviewed: Davidson, Paul (2007): John Maynard Keynes, London/New York Godley, Wynne / Lavoie, Marc (2007): Monetary Economics. An Integrated Approach to Credit, Money, Income, Production and Wealth, Houndmills et al. McCombie, John / Rodriguez Gonzales, Carlos (eds.)(2007): The European...

The paper questions the emphasis proponents of global governance place on form over content as well as their narrow view of hegemony. Their theoretical approach, regime theory, originated in the policy community of internationally oriented capital groups who had gained hegemony within the USA....

The article discusses the macroeconomic argument of a New Economy that allows for higher non-inflationary economic growth due to increases in productivity caused by the digital revolution. Besides presenting evidence put forward by mainstream protagonists of the New Economy, it explores an...