"Is democratic governance good for economic prosperity? Does it accelerate progress towards social welfare and human development? Does it generate a peace-dividend and reduce conflict at home? Within the international community, democracy and governance are widely advocated as i…
In -- Wealth, Poverty, and Politics.
"Sowell ... argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequa…
'Es ist Zeit, sich vom Kapitalismus abzuwenden', sagt Sahra Wagenknecht. Denn der Kapitalismus ist längst nicht mehr so innovativ, wie er sich gibt. Bei der Lösung der großen Zukunftsfragen - von einer klimaverträglichen Energiewende bis zu nachhaltiger Kreislaufproduktion - kom…
"Es ist Zeit, sich vom Kapitalismus abzuwenden", sagt Sahra Wagenknecht. Denn der Kapitalismus ist längst nicht mehr so innovativ, wie er sich gibt. Bei der Lösung der großen Zukunftsfragen - von einer klimaverträglichen Energiewende bis zu nachhaltiger Kreislaufproduktion - kom…
"Are we living the good life-and what defines 'good', anyway? Americans today are constructing a completely different framework for success than their parents' generation, using new metrics that TEDWomen speaker and columnist Courtney Martin has termed collectively the "New Bett…
"Are we living the good life-and what defines 'good', anyway? Americans today are constructing a completely different framework for success than their parents' generation, using new metrics that TEDWomen speaker and columnist Courtney Martin has termed collectively the "New Bett…
"In A Woman's Kingdom, Michelle Lamarche Marrese explores the development of Russian noblewomen's unusual property rights. In contrast to women in Western Europe, who could not control their assets during marriage until the second half of the nineteenth century, married women in…