In Jordan, a system of general food subsidies became untenable in budgetary terms, with a sharp devaluation of the dinar in the late 1980s. A shift from a general subsidy system to limited rations would greatly reduce budgetary costs and minimize adverse effects on the poor. To reduce subsidies,...

Negative perceptions about migrants in Europe, the Continent with the largest social policy programmes, are driven by concerns that foreigners are a net fiscal burden. Paradoxically instruments of social inclusion are becoming a weapon of mass exclusion. Increasing concerns of public opinion are...

Dieser Beitrag geht der Frage nach, wie Wissenschaft als Wissenschaft in einer Gesellschaft wirksam werden kann, wenn die Ideen der öffentlichen Meinung über die Gestaltungsmöglichkeiten der Gesellschaftspolitik entscheiden. Die These dieses Beitrags lautet, dass Ludwig von Mises‘...