Since its inception, the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been discussed controversely. Data from the OECD and the World Bank show that the protectionist effects of the CAP between the 1960s and the 1980s were larger than those of its national predecessors. Moreover, there...

Weimar’s politicians used to attribute the continuous budget crises after the currency stabilization of 1923–4 to the burden put on the German economy by the Treaty of Versailles, in particular the reparation payments. This argument, which is still popular, neglects the fact that the...

Die Geschichte von C&A steht paradigmatisch für die Ökonomisierung und Rationalisierung der Herstellung und des Verkaufes von Kleidung seit Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Mark Spoerer beschreibt die wechselvolle Geschichte des Familienunternehmens vom Start in Deutschland bis in die Jahre des...