Das Werk porträtiert herausragende Ökonomen vom 17. Jahrhundert bis heute. Die Autoren wollen neben dem wissenschaftlichen Vermächtnis der ausgewählten Wirtschaftswissenschaftler Eindrücke von deren historisch-sozialem Umfeld vermitteln, Querverbindungen zu anderen Ökonomen aufzeigen und...

Formal conceptions of state capacity have mostly focused on indirect measures of state capacity - by, for instance, using the state's fiscal or extractive capacity as a proxy for its overall capacity. Yet, this input or extractive view of state capacity falls short, especially since...

Malawi's economy is heavily dependent on agriculture, of which a majority are smallholder farmers. With smallholder farmers constituting more than 80% of the population, the government's policies have mainly focused on achieving redistribution goals of the society, minding less about the...