The authors review current developments in international trade and its prospects for the future arguing that despite the recent slowdown, trade remains an important driver of economic growth and development. Scepticism towards further trade opening needs to be addressed, notably via appropriate...

Horst Siebert, Direktor des Instituts für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel, stellt wirtschaftliche Prozesse und Strukturen in den globalen Zusammenhang. In diesem Kontext werden Wachstums- und Entwicklungsprozesse, Standorte, Faktormärkte und die internationalen Arbeitsprozesse mit Blick auf Einkommen und...

The world economy is going through its biggest transformation in a relatively short space time. There have been many explanations for this phenomenon but the unprecedented scale and pace of this change and, most crucially, its implications, still seems little understood. In turn, there has been...