In this book, one of Germany's most influential economists describes his country's economy, the largest in the European Union and the third largest in the world, and analyzes its weaknesses: poor GDP growth performance, high unemployment due to a malfunctioning labor market, and an unsustainable...

Social Security in the United States and in Europe is at a critical juncture. Through the essays assembled in Social Security Pension Reform in Europe, Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert, along with a number of distinguished contributors, discuss the challenges facing Social Security reform in...

Rules for the Global Economy is a timely examination of the conditions under which international rules of globalization come into existence, enabling world economic and financial systems to function and stabilize. Horst Siebert, a leading figure in international economics, explains that these...

Die Studie untersucht im einzelnen die Probleme und Erfolgsaussichten der Umstrukturierung Mittel- und Osteuropas. In einem ersten Untersuchungsabschnitt werden in einer Länderquerschnittsanalyse für diese Länder die Gemeinsamkeiten der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung bis zum Umbruch im Jahre...