Abstract: Thema dieser Studie ist der Zustand der amerikanischen Infrastruktur. Zur Verbesserung, Modernisierung und Reparatur der Infrastruktur wurde 1991 im U.S. Repräsentantenhaus der International Surface Transportation Efficacy Act verabschiedet. Die Kosten hierfür beliefen sich auf 151...

Describes briefly the personal histories and important professional association of Gustav Schmoller and Friedrich Althoff emphasizing their innovatory period 1870-1882 at Strasburg.

Latvia, a small country on the Baltic Sea, became independent in 1918, but was occupied by the Soviet Union in 1940. Like its neighbours, Estonia and Lithuania, Latvia has a skewed resource pattern, small domestic market, and an export concentration into commodities. Prior to the Soviet...

Describes briefly the personal histories and important professional association of Gustav Schmoller and Friedrich Althoff emphasizing their innovatory period 1870‐1882 at Strasburg.

In 1988, German‐speaking economists plan to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Gustav von Schmoller. Yet, in contemporary America, Schmoller is hardly known. His work is almost completely locked up in the German language, save for his The Mercantile System and its Historical Significance,...

I first met Professor Rugina in 1974 at the annual meeting of the History of Economics Society in Cambridge, Massachusetts. On that occasion, he proposed that one session of future meetings be devoted to the problem of values and value‐judgements in economics. I supported that proposition, and...

Im Zentrum der neun Beiträge stehen die wechselseitigen Einflüsse zwischen dem deutschen und dem amerikanischen wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Denken. Während die Entwicklung in den Wirtschaftswissenschaften nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg durch eine zunehmende Internationalisierung gekennzeichnet...

Schumpeter is popular these days among the economic policy makers and politicians in Washington, DC. In “high tech” America, Schumpeter’s felicitous phrase “creative destruction” is on many lips. The recent meltdown of numerous dot.com firms on the NASDAQ exchange has taught formerly...