Global warming, induced by human-generated greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide (CO2), threatens the planet's ecology, economic development, and long-term viability in unparalleled ways. Vietnam's utilization of energy and CO2 emanations are on the increase as a consequence of the...

We review standard economic growth models concentrating on the relationship between population ageing and economic growth and develop a growth model with endogenous human capital and endogenous fertility. With this model we analyse the effects of education policy and family policy on economic...

On July 7, 2005, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Göttingen awarded Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen with an honorary doctorate in economics in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the fields of welfare and development economics. On the occasion of the award,...

Aus der Amazon.de-Redaktion Wie entsteht Wohlstand? Die klassische Wirtschaftslehre weiß darauf keine Antwort. Denn sie blendet alles aus, was ihr nicht ins Konzept passt, Innovation ebenso wie Gesellschaft. Doch in den letzten Jahren gerieten die Grundannahmen der Wirtschaftswissenschaft...