In Brazil, agriculture has fulfilled its basic functions, being strongly linked to economic dynamics and food security. It has thus contributed to economic growth. In the European Union (EU) agriculture has played a prominent role which, after The Second World War, has unfolded in the...

Durch die deutsche Wiedervereinigung sah sich die Bundesregierung mit der Aufgabe konfrontiert, einheitliche Lebensverhältnisse in den alten und den neuen Bundesländern zu schaffen. Zur Finanzierung dieser immer noch nicht bewältigten Aufgabe wurde der Solidaritätszuschlag eingeführt. Das...

A political miracle occurred when Germany was reunited, and at first glance an economic miracle has followed. Real incomes in the eastern area have now reached the western level, and investment per capita has been much higher than in the west. However, every third deutschmark spent in the east...