Der Beitrag beginnt mit einer kurzen Zusammenfassung der Situation vor der Entscheidung zur Errichtung der Europäischen Währungsunion (EWU), d.h. den Problemen des Europäischen Währungssystems (EWS), das 1979 eingerichtet worden war und alsbald reparaturbedürftig wurde. Es wird gezeigt,...

We argue that the doctrine of the economic advantages of central bank independence cannot be uncritically transferred to the European Central Bank (ECB). To our opinion, it is the State, not its central bank, who bears the ultimate responsibility for the purchasing power of its paper money. Now,...

Who Listened? Unappreciated Teachings of New Institutional Economics Related to the Financial Crisis of 2008 Who was listening before the Financial Crisis of 2008 to Arrow's warnings and the teachings of Coase? Due to transaction costs, incomplete foresight and bounded rationality not all risks...