Vom Geld in der eigenen Tasche bis zu globaler Gerechtigkeit und Klimaschutz interessieren sich Jugendliche lebhaft für Wirtschaft. Doch Schulen und Elternhäuser fühlen sich hier oft nicht zuständig. Dieses Buch erklärt auf das Wesentliche konzentriert und anhand anschaulicher Beispiele die...

Libraries as knowledge organizations excel in organizing knowledge for the sake of its efficient retrieval. A Library, since being a storehouse of interdisciplinary knowledge and information, access to the universe of knowledge constitutes an essential precondition for information dissemination....

Ahead of the 2019 institutional reconfiguration of the EU is a fitting moment to take stock of the European integration process and decide which priorities should define the strategic agenda of the next generation of incumbents.While acknowledging that the entire EU collective is concerned –...

This book places tipping points in their scientific, economic, governmental, creative, and spiritual contexts. It seeks to offer a comprehensive set of interpretations on the meaning and application of tipping points. Its contribution focuses on the various characterisations and metaphors of...

To ward off the threat of a worldwide depression that loomed at the end of the 2000s, governments opted to run up substantial fiscal deficits. In doing so, they sowed the seeds of the sovereign debt crisis. Saddled with often high debt burdens and modest growth prospects, developed countries'...