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"Zu den Zielsetzungen politischer und ökonomischer Bildung werden politische und ökonomische Urteilsfähigkeit, Entscheidungsfähigkeit und Handlungsfähigkeit gerechnet. Der Essay ist zwei aktuellen Beispielen gewidmet, in denen mathematisch basierte Beurteilungs- und Entscheidungsgrundlagen Gegenstand der öffentlichen und medialen Auseinandersetzung waren. In beiden Fällen zeigen sich grundsätzliche Missverständnisse dessen, was durch Mathematisierung prinzipiell geleistet oder eben nicht geleistet werden kann." (Autorenreferat)

"Über 'Raum' und 'Räume' raunen mancher Wissenschaften VertreterInnen vielerlei. Dabei geraten ab und zu unterschiedliche Raum-Konzepte in Verwirrung. Was gesellschaftswissenschaftliche Disziplinen aus gesicherten theoretischen Konzepten der Physik und Mathematik lernen können, entwickelt Rainer Fischbach." (Autorenreferat)

The positive correlation between real investment rates and real income levels across countries is driven largely by differences in the price of investment relative to output. The high relative price of investment in poor countries is due to the low price of consumption goods in those countries. Investment prices are no higher in poor countries. Thus, the low real investment rates in poor countries are not driven by high tax or tariff rates on investment. Poor countries, instead, appear to be plagued by low efficiency in producing investment goods and in producing consumer goods to trade for them. (JEL E22, E23, O16, O47)

national audience Traditionally, Spanish grammar places 'superlativesrelative' constructions (esp. 'superlativas relativas') at the crossroads of comparative and desrelatives.The resemblance of 'relative superlatives' to comparisons appears, in effect, immediately: in both cases quantitative or qualitative emodification takes place in the bidding segment. Emodifier of 'relative superlatives', known as 'relative superlative', takes the form of a comparative (adverb or adjective) 'quantifier' accompanied by a defined article belonging to the SN which it amends. The modification which quantifiers and 'relative superlatives' operate on the elements carrying properties is not intended to characterise them in the leurindividuality, as an adjective to a name ('una mujer joven': a young woman) or an adverb vis-à-vis a verb ('la casa está lejos': House is far away). Modifiers such as más ('plus'), menos ('less'), peor ('worse', 'worse'), mejor ('better', 'better') or mayor ('plusgrand') have the property of being concerned in relation to another element, whether quantitatively or qualitatively competing. the commonly-observed parallelism between comparative constructions and 'superlatives' ends with the first term of these structures, since, in the first case, the phrase is referred to as 'comparative', which is understood without too much difficulty, in the second case, many authors put the category of relative in the category of 'standard'. They nevertheless note a distinctive characteristic in relation to the latter: the phrase 'relative superlatives' is not intended to characterise a nominal entity. its function is to define the field in which the relative superlative changes to the first term, hence the name 'restrictor' applied to it (SAEZ DEL Álamo, 1999). This contrasting overview of the functioning of structures called 'relative superlatives', relative and comparative does not give rise to obvious contextual affinities between the former and the second. "relative superlative" structures and comparative ...

We heard a lot during the 2000 presidential campaign about the importance of working families. Each party has done its best to demonstrate that it will be the better friend to these households. Ironically, the nation's workforce development policies have not only not paid much attention to families, but they have made it considerably more difficult to implement family-oriented employment programs. Relative Strength attempts to shed some light on why developing such programs is so challenging, how some organizations have managed to do it, and how their experiences can inform the field. We do not expect, nor would we recommend, that the employment field abandon its focus on individuals in favor of families. But it does seem that there is a need and considerable interest in undertaking such efforts if more flexible workforce development policies can be developed.