The concerns addressed by the civilian rules on unworthiness to inherit (indignitas succedendi) must be addressed by any legal system. When they arose in Scotland, responses tended to be found by the extension or development of other rules. Even where there was reference to the idea of...

The sharp rise in energy prices represents a considerable structural risk to the German economy. Deindustrialisation has become a veritable threat. The government's economic policy needs to establish positive expectations for energy costs in the medium term through interventions in the gas and...

Economists have become very influential intellectuals in our contemporary society. The scientific knowledge produced by the discipline and the academic status of economists can be considered as a decisive power resource in media debates and politics. The current state of economics has been...

Aggregate investment in Germany has developed much less dynamically than forecast prior to Russia's invasion in Ukraine. The reasons for the subdued investment dynamic are uncertainty about future energy prices, increased interest rates and - in the case of housing investment - increased...

Globalisierung beschreibt einen weltweiten Prozeß sinkender Kosten der Überwindung von Raum und Zeit. Sie ist ein weltweites Programm der Mehrung von Exit-Optionen für die Privaten. Ihnen bieten sich zunehmende Möglichkeiten des physischen oder funktionalen Verlassens einer Jurisdiktion. --...

Noch ist die Frage nicht abschließend beantwortet und beantwortbar, ob dauerhafte Folgen der Krise bleiben werden, in den Verhaltensweisen der Menschen und in den wirtschaftlichen Strukturen und Indikatoren ebenso wie in der Bedeutung ökonomischer Theorien. Dies gilt auch für ihre...