Die Entwicklung in den vergangenen Jahren hat gezeigt, dass die Öl- und Gaspreise beträchtlichen Schwankungen unterliegen. Dabei ist klar geworden, dass langfristig die Knappheit der Ressourcen die Preise der fossilen Energieträger dramatisch steigern wird. Die Ressourcen sind begrenzt, aber...

Our purpose here is to challenge the "big-bang" approach to economic history in which some alleged institutional imposition - a deus machine - is claimed to launch a series of new economic behaviors. This so-called prime mover is then carried forward by the inexorable forces of path dependency...

"Today's most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity's story has always been on a global scale, and this history deeply informs the present. In this book, Jeffrey D. Sachs,...

"Does growing economic interdependence among great powers increase or decrease the chance of conflict and war? Liberals argue that the benefits of trade give states an incentive to stay peaceful. Realists contend that trade compels states to struggle for vital raw materials and markets. Moving...