Are modern democracies capable of preserving the constituent of liberty and the natural basis of human existence in the long-run? The achievement of these aims requires political actions toward fundamental changes in modern societies. The respective political actors have to develop long-term...

This article illuminates a certain side of the modern economy which is beyond the reach of the traditional apparatus of economic theory: the complexity and lack of transparency of the modern economy - its ominous side for humankind and nature. By contrasting the economic understanding of...

Adam Smith gilt zwar zu Recht als der Begründer der modernen Volkswirtschaftslehre, aber die anthropologische Fundierung seines Vorgehens steht, wie ausführlich gezeigt wird, im Gegensatz zu dem Versuch heutiger Ökonomen, aus dem Menschenbild der Ökonomik, dem homo oeconomicus, alle Formen...