In the USA and in Britain pension funds have enjoyed spectacular growth in recent decades and they are about to emerge as a major force in the European economies and the "emerging markets" of Asia and Latin America. In the eighties, pension funds often backed hostile takeovers and even provided...

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Wer zahlt den Preis für unseren Wohlstand? Der Soziologe Stephan Lessenich über das soziale Versagen unserer Weltordnung. Uns im Westen geht es gut, weil es den meisten Menschen anderswo schlecht geht. Wir lagern systematisch Armut und Ungerechtigkeit aus, im kleinen wie im großen Maßstab....

July 2000 - Do higher levels of aid erode the very quality of governance poor countries need for sustained and rapid income growth? Good governance-in the form of institutions that establish predictable, impartial, and consistently enforced rules for investors-is crucial for the sustained and...