Walter Eucken was the head of the Freiburg school of economics, a circle of German ordoliberal scholars of the interwar period, whose thoughts were highly influential in the immediate post war period. Being disillusioned by what he called the “age of experiments”- the failure of both...

Walter Eucken was the head of the Freiburg school of economics, a circle of German ordoliberal scholars of the interwar period, whose thoughts were highly influential in the immediate post war period. Being disillusioned by what he called the age of experiments- the failure of both classical...

Which impact does government size have on life satisfaction, and how do effects of bigger government differ between income groups in society? Previous studies typically employed country averages and thus neglect possibly heterogeneous happiness effects between income groups. The paper addresses...

Zusammenfassung Preisdestabilisierende Spekulationsblasen haben in einer freien Gesellschaft wichtige Funktionen: Sie ersetzen die fehlende Spekulation eines rationalen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisprozesses. Sie beschleunigen den kulturellen Selektions- und Anpassungsprozess und lösen einen...