Die Grundannahmen und Theorien der Ökonomie seit Adam Smith und Karl Marx scheinen heutzutage (mehr als) überholt. Dieses Buch eröffnet Lesenden eine neue, ganzheitliche Perspektive auf ökonomische, soziale und politische Fragestellungen. Mit Hilfe eines verhaltenstheoretischen Ansatzes und...

Behavioural public policy has thus far been dominated by approaches that are based on the premise that it is entirely legitimate for policymakers to design policies that nudge or influence people to avoid desires that may not be in their own self- interest. This book argues, instead, for a...

1. Introduction -- 2. Weaknesses in Economics and Economic Education -- 3. Basics of Political Economy -- 4. Modeling the Image of Man -- 5. The Functioning of Market and Competition -- 6. Theory of Economic Systems -- 7. Market Failure -- 8. Political Failure -- 9. Competition Policy -- 10....

This paper explores the link between trust in government, policy-making, and compliance. It focuses on a specific channel whereby citizens who are convinced that a policy is worthwhile are more motivated to comply with it. This in turn reduces the government's cost of implementing a policy and...

The economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 virus is unique in economic history in its mode and rate of occurrence, global coverage, and consequences. The text reveals the mechanisms of the impact of health shock on the economy and the macroeconomic framework of mitigating and exiting the...