Abstract: Meine Dissertation stellt eine historische Rekonstruktion der Krisenforschung der ordoliberalen Ökonomen Wilhelm Röpke, Walter Eucken und Friedrich A. Lutz in der Zwischenkriegszeit dar. Eine solche Rekonstruktion ist notwendig, da seit der Eurokrise im Jahre 2010 die Gefahr bestand,...

Satirical TV has become mandatory viewing for citizens wishing to make sense of the bizarre contemporary state of political life. Shifts in industry economics and audience tastes have re-made television comedy, once considered a wasteland of escapist humor, into what is arguably the most popular...

"Commodities provide a lens through which local and global histories can be understood and written. The study of commodities history follows these goods as they make their way from land and water through processing and trade to eventual consumption. It is a fast-developing field with...

"This volume reconsiders the economic history of the ancient and late ancient Mediterranean and Near East from the perspective of David Graeber's anthropological theory. It pursues two purposes. On the one hand, it tests the accuracy of the grand narrative put forward in his 2011 monograph Debt:...