Circular economy is becoming an increasing concern for specialists due to the benefits it can have upon the environment and people. Although there are no well-defined indicators according to which the progress of a circular economy can be quantified, there is more and more concern in the...

The revolutionary journey of clean technology over the last ten years is described in this study, which also identifies the key innovations that have changed the face of sustainability and helped us move toward a cleaner, greener future. The study delves deeply into several clean technology...

"A book which explores how the digital transformation of the economy affects how we measure and interpret the true scale of innovation, productivity, and growth. Statistics are an essential guide for better economic policies. They also involve questions of freedom, justice, life and death, as...

The modern global economy and discipline of economics place mathematical calculation above human concern. However, a re-reading of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy can positively highlight the contrast in values and spirit of the early medieval European world with our own scientific age....

In den letzten 100 000 Jahren hat die Menschheit enorme Macht erlangt. Doch trotz all unserer Entdeckungen, Erfindungen und Eroberungen befinden wir uns heute in einer existenziellen Krise. Die Welt steht am Rande des ökologischen Zusammenbruchs. Zuhauf werden Falschinformationen verbreitet....

Sozialer Wandel ist ein zentrales Thema soziologischen Denkens. Heiko Schrader gibt einen Überblick über die Anfänge der klassischen soziologischen Theoriebildung, widmet sich aber auch verschiedenen Kritiken der etablierten westlichen Modernisierungstheorie. Dabei setzt er unter dem Aspekt...

"This book offers an engaged discussion of the relationship between globalization and human development. Roni Kay M. O'Dell and Devin K. Joshi provide a comprehensive overview of the history and current practice of human development as it interacts with and is driven by multiple facets of...

"An expert roadmap for the ways science and technology policy can help us overcome the complex challenges we face on a global scale today, from climate change to health care to economics and more"-- Provided by publisher

Die Welt steht vor tiefgreifenden wirtschaftlichen, ökologischen und sozialen Herausforderungen; das sind im Besonderen: die Klimakrise, der schnelle technologische Wandel, die Globalisierung und die Ungleichheit zwischen Generationen und Ländern. Zwar haben viele der in den letzten 40 Jahren...

Die Bundesregierung verfolgt seit vielen Jahren mit ProgRess ein ressortübergreifendes Ressourceneffizienzprogramm. Der Fokus des bisher eingesetzten Policy-Mixes liegt weitgehend auf der Förderung von Forschung und Innovation sowie informatorischen und persuasiven Instrumenten. Im Ergebnis...

The comparison of distinct societal processes expressing key universals in societal progress permits a fusion of local and wider logics. Two main stereotypes are examined to compare their workings and their outcomes: the Western free market democratic, and the Chinese party-state driven.

The post-crisis European economy is characterised by slow rates of growth. The consequences of the Great Recession which followed the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, determined that, on the 15th of September 2008, all the actors of the global economic scene assess the symptoms,...

Circular economy is becoming an increasing concern for specialists due to the benefits it can have upon the environment and people. Although there are no well-defined indicators according to which the progress of a circular economy can be quantified, there is more and more concern in the...

The post-crisis European economy is characterised by slow rates of growth. The consequences of the Great Recession which followed the collapse of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, determined that, on the 15th of September 2008, all the actors of the global economic scene assess the symptoms,...

Über Jahrtausende hinweg entsprach der Lebensstandard fast aller Menschen weltweit mehr oder weniger dem Existenzminimum, bis er Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts drastisch anstieg. Viele Nationen genießen heute beispiellosen Wohlstand, andere haben den Sprung aus der wirtschaftlichen Stagnation noch...

Historischer Blick und Zukunftsbild - Bestsellerautor Jeremy Rifkin kann beides. Er zeigt, wie industrielles Effizienzdenken alle Bereiche des Lebens durchdrungen und uns an den Rand des Abgrunds geführt hat. Ist die Menschheit noch zu retten? Ja, aber dafür bedarf es eines radikalen Wandels...

Nowadays the world is facing a serious problem related to climate change and its repercussion for human beings. At the same time, world societies are struggling with the consequences of the last economic crisis. These issues have not escaped the attention of the United Nations, and therefore in...

In diesem Kurzaufsatz diskutieren wir die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen Karl Marx und der katholischen Soziallehre. Wir konzentrieren uns auf drei Vergleichspunkte: das Menschenbild, die soziale Frage und die Einstellung zum gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt.

For almost all of history, people were extremely poor. Beginning in the seventeenth century, European countries (and their overseas extensions) began to grow extremely wealthy. Since World War II, enrichment has spread around the world with the “Asian Tigers” of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan,...

In diesem Kurzaufsatz diskutieren wir die Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen Karl Marx und der katholischen Soziallehre. Wir konzentrieren uns auf drei Vergleichspunkte: das Menschenbild, die soziale Frage und die Einstellung zum gesellschaftlichen Fortschritt.

Nowadays the world is facing a serious problem related to climate change and its repercussion for human beings. At the same time, world societies are struggling with the consequences of the last economic crisis. These issues have not escaped the attention of the United Nations, and therefore in...

This book argues that ideas in the social realm are the context-bound products of distinct histories and cultures and thus cannot be co-opted across place and time. When ideas are used out of context, they become mere empty words that are depicted as absolute ideals, independent of the specific...

Why freedom? -- Evolution of ideas about freedom -- The meaning of progress -- The drivers of progress -- Will progress continue? -- The challenge of self-direction -- Personal development -- The evolving context of individual flourishing.