Das neoklassische Paradigma einer Markt- bzw. Tauschwirtschaft stellt zweifellos die ,Normalwissenschaft' in der Ökonomie dar, der sich gerade auch in Deutschland der ganz überwiegende Teil der forschungsintensiven und politikberatenden Wirtschaftswissenschaftler verschrieben haben. In den USA...

Post-apartheid South Africa is facing three major economic problems: (1) slack economic growth, (2) high and growing unemployment and (3) among the world's highest income inequality and poverty indices. South Africa is currently caught in a macro-economic straight-jacket of tight monetary,...

The Great Recession after 2008 did not turn out to be as deep and severe as the Great Depression of the 1930s. According to the European Commission, this positive result is due to the fact that economic policy-makers around the world learnt their lessons from the Great Depression in stabilizing...