Wer sich des Leitbild-Begriffs bedient, stößt sehr schnell auf eine spürbare Diskurs-Differenz. Einerseits greift dieser Begriff in den unterschiedlichsten Verwendungskontexten rasant Raum, andererseits steht dieser zunehmenden Kontextvielfalt eine mangelnde Begriffspräzision gegenüber. Aus...

Transformative technologies like generative artificial intelligence promise to accelerate productivity growth across many sectors, but they also present new risks from potential misuse. We develop a multi-sector technology adoption model to study the optimal regulation of transformative...

Societies under similar geographic and economic conditions and subject to similar external influences nonetheless develop very different types of states. At one extreme are weak states with little capacity and ability to regulate economic or social relations. At the other are despotic states...