Once heralded in the 1950s and 1960s as a model welfare state, Sweden is now in transition and in trouble since its economic plunge in the early 1990s. This volume presents ten essays that examine Sweden's economic problems from a U.S. perspective. Exploring such diverse topics as income...

Wie sehen die internationalen Erfahrungen mit Forderungen nach einem ÖPNV-Nulltarif und mit praktizierten Gratis-Modellen aus? Das grosse öffentliche Interesse an dem Thema in Deutschland erfordert einen Blick über den nationalen Tellerrand. Laut Infratest dimap sind in Deutschland über 70%...

This paper recommends a system of upstream taxes on fossil fuels, combined with refunds for downstream emissions capture, to reduce carbon and local pollution emissions. Motor fuel taxes should also account for congestion and other externalities associated with vehicle use, at least until...

During the past thirty years, companies have recognized the consumer as the key driver for business and product success. This recognition has, in turn, generated its own drivers: sensory analysis and marketing research, leading first to a culture promoting the expert and then evolving into the...