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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- 1 The global view -- Part I The World Goods and Factor Markets and Economic Growth -- 2 The world product markets -- 3 The factor markets in the world economy -- 4 Growth processes in the world economy -- Part II Monetary and Financial Markets -- 5 Global money and currency markets -- 6 Financial crises -- 7 Currency crises -- 8 How to prevent a monetary-financial crisis -- Part III Regional Dimensions of the World Economy -- 9 Developing countries -- 10 The transformation countries -- 11 Regional integration in the world economy -- 12 The European Union -- Part IV National Economic Policy versus a World Economic Order -- 13 National protectionism versus worldwide free trade -- 14 Locational competition -- 15 Using the national and global environment -- 16 An institutional order for the world economy -- References -- Index

In diesem Sammelband werden Beiträge zusammengefasst, die sich mit der Nutzung der Umwelt in ihren verschiedenen Funktionen (öffentliches Konsumgut, Rezeptor von Schadstoffen) unter dem besonderen Aspekt der räumlichen Dimensionen von Umweltgütern befassen. Der Band enthält wirtschaftspolitisch und theoretisch ausgerichtete Beiträge. Insbesondere wird versucht, die Bestimmung der anzustrebenden Umweltqualität in räumlichen Systemen (Regionen) und die für die Erreichung dieser Umweltqualität einzusetzenden Instrumente zu erklären.

In this book, one of Germany's most influential economists describes his country's economy, the largest in the European Union and the third largest in the world, and analyzes its weaknesses: poor GDP growth performance, high unemployment due to a malfunctioning labor market, and an unsustainable social security system. Horst Siebert spells out the reforms necessary to overcome these shortcomings. Taking a broader view than other recent books on the German economy, he considers Germany's fiscal policy stance, product market regulation, capital market, environmental policy, aging and immigration policies, and its system for human capital formation as well as Germany's role in the European Union, including the euro zone. Germany's system of economic governance emerges as a common theme as Siebert examines why this onetime economic powerhouse is today a faltering giant. He argues that what Germany needs, above all, is a market renaissance; that it must throw off the shackles of its social welfare economy and of its hallmark consensus approach, whereby group-based cooperative decision-making has undermined competition and markets. In doing so he examines both the country's social security system and its labor market, including trade unions. His focus throughout is on Germany's present concerns, foreseeable future problems, and long-term policy issues. The definitive word on the postwar German economy to the present day, The German Economy is essential reading for economists and finance professionals as well as students, researchers, and others interested in modern-day Germany and its place and prospects at the heart of Europe.

Der Studientext baut eine Brücke zwischen Theorie und Praxis der Erwachsenenbildung und informiert über deren wichtigste Theorien und ihre praktische Relevanz. Er stellt verschiedene gängige Theorieansätze vor, ordnet sie nach Herkunft und Reichweite und weist auf ihre Bedeutung für die Planung und Gestaltung von Bildungsangeboten hin. Der Text weckt das Interesse an der theoretischen Auseinandersetzung und kommt damit dem eigenen professionellen Handeln und der Qualität in der Weiterbildung zugute.

Rules for the Global Economy is a timely examination of the conditions under which international rules of globalization come into existence, enabling world economic and financial systems to function and stabilize. Horst Siebert, a leading figure in international economics, explains that these institutional arrangements, such as the ones that govern banking, emerge when countries fail to solve economic problems on their own and cede part of their sovereignty to an international order. Siebert demonstrates that the rules result from a trial-and-error process--and usually after a crisis--in order.