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Putting the complex debate about ecology (for which the essay will draw on the transversal and networked vision theorized by Félix Guattari) in dialogue with Rosi Braidotti's neomaterialist, postanthopocentric and zoepolitical perpective on contemporary posthuman condition, the article will attempt to reflect on the dynamics of contemporary postcolonial capitalism. The paper will propose a posthuman analysis of a series of works by the art collective Mongrel and its spin-off YoHa, which focus on hegemonic ecologies of power connected to mineral matters that are central to the assemblage of technological devices: Tantalum Memorial (Mongrel, 2008), Aluminium (YoHa, 2008), Coal Fired Computers (YoHa, 2010). The first an installation centered on telephone communication, re-cycling human voices in recorded bits of information; the second a graphic book and a video, compos(t)ing images and data debris of archival nets; the last one an installation of intra- acting human (lung), natural (coal) and technological (computer) matters, they all enact a process of framing, de-framing and re-framing, unfolding as re-cycling processes of human as well as non-human matter. This posthuman entangled matter shows a real as well as virtual complex economic, cultural and political eco-system where hegemonic dynamics of power unfold. In the light of the contemporary debate about art and the politics of ecology, drawing on Guattari's theoretical reflections on a new esthetic paradigm, traceable in Mongrel's and YoHa's art projects, how can we address the question of ecology so that it could help not only the understanding of postcolonial capitalism but also its re-thinking in the frame of a chaosmotic vision of culture, where new, unprecedented subjectivities can arise and a practice of political regeneration can be enacted? ; Putting the complex debate about ecology (for which the essay will draw on the transversal and networked vision theorized by Félix Guattari) in dialogue with Rosi Braidotti's neomaterialist, postanthopocentric and zoepolitical perpective on contemporary posthuman condition, the article will attempt to reflect on the dynamics of contemporary postcolonial capitalism. The paper will propose a posthuman analysis of a series of works by the art collective Mongrel and its spin-off YoHa, which focus on hegemonic ecologies of power connected to mineral matters that are central to the assemblage of technological devices: Tantalum Memorial (Mongrel, 2008), Aluminium (YoHa, 2008), Coal Fired Computers (YoHa, 2010). The first an installation centered on telephone communication, re-cycling human voices in recorded bits of information; the second a graphic book and a video, compos(t)ing images and data debris of archival nets; the last one an installation of intra- acting human (lung), natural (coal) and technological (computer) matters, they all enact a process of framing, de-framing and re-framing, unfolding as re-cycling processes of human as well as non-human matter. This posthuman entangled matter shows a real as well as virtual complex economic, cultural and political eco-system where hegemonic dynamics of power unfold. In the light of the contemporary debate about art and the politics of ecology, drawing on Guattari's theoretical reflections on a new esthetic paradigm, traceable in Mongrel's and YoHa's art projects, how can we address the question of ecology so that it could help not only the understanding of postcolonial capitalism but also its re-thinking in the frame of a chaosmotic vision of culture, where new, unprecedented subjectivities can arise and a practice of political regeneration can be enacted?

In May 2003 the European Central Bank (ECB) announced the revision of its monetary policy strategy. Although the ECB stressed that the revision would not imply any fundamental change in their decisions, this remains to be verified empirically. Therefore, this paper tries to answer the question whether the strategy revision has induced a structural break in the ECB policy reaction function. To this end, we estimate several Taylor-type reaction functions and conduct a structural change analysis using both recursive parameter estimates and structural change tests. We find that the ECB has been following a stabilizing rule and that there is no clear-cut evidence in favor of a break after the revision, even though some signals of instability show up, particularly in June 2003.

The objective of this paper is to address the question of convergence across German districts in the first decade after German unification by drawing out and emphasising some stylised facts of regional per capita income dynamics. We achieve this by employing non-parametric techniques which focus on the evolution of the entire cross-sectional income distribution. In particular, we follow a distributional approach to convergence based on kernel density estimation and implement a number of tests to establish the statistical significance of our findings. This paper finds that the relative income distribution appears to be stratifying into a trimodal/ bimodal distribution.

Enthält außerdem: Kooths, Stefan: "Die Weltwirtschaft holt wieder auf". - S. 717

Enthält außerdem: "Wir befinden uns in einem moderaten Aufwärtstrend" : sechs Fragen an Christian Dreger. - S. 3

Weltwirtschaft: Erholung auf wackeligem Fundament / Deutschland: Nur langsam aus der Talsohle / Geldpolitik und Finanzmärkte: Kreditklemme vorbeugen / Finanzpolitik: Einnahmen steigern und Ausgaben kürzen / Die wichtigsten Daten der Volkswirtschaftlichen Gesamtrechnung für Deutschland

Die zentrale Aussage der Herbstprognose des DIW Berlin lautet, dass die Wirtschaft in Deutschland nach einem beispiellosen Absturz der Produktion wieder auf einen Wachstumspfad zurückkehrt. Allerdings ist die konjunkturelle Belebung noch nicht stabil, und die Zuwachsraten werden insgesamt nur bescheiden ausfallen. Das DIW erwartet für 2010 eine Wachstumsrate des realen Bruttoinlandsprodukts von 1,3 Prozent. Dies liegt über dem zu erwartenden Wachstum im Euroraum (0,8 Prozent). Allerdings wird der Einbruch im Prognosezeitraum auch nicht annähernd überwunden: Ende 2010 wird gerade einmal wieder die Wirtschaftsleistung von Anfang 2006 erreicht sein. Die Weltwirtschaft wird Deutschland mit Verspätung mitziehen. Das Wachstum der Weltwirtschaft findet im Prognosezeitraum vorwiegend in asiatischen Schwellenländern statt, die bisher nicht zu den Hauptabsatzgebieten deutscher Exporte zählen. Die Krise bleibt daher im Wesentlichen auf die exportorientierte Industrie beschränkt. Für 2010 wird ein Anstieg der Arbeitslosigkeit auf etwas mehr als vier Millionen Erwerbslose prognostiziert. Die Binnennachfrage wird durch die niedrige Inflation gestützt. Die Masseneinkommen werden trotz vermehrter Arbeitslosigkeit wachsen. Zusätzliche konjunkturstützende Maßnahmen kommen aus Sicht des DIW Berlin aktuell nicht in Betracht. Ökonometrische Untersuchungen des DIW zeigen, dass die Gefahr einer Kreditklemme nicht gegeben ist. Trotz der sich abzeichnenden Erholung sind die staatlichen Haushalte in diesem und nächsten Jahr mit Defiziten in bisher ungekannter Höhe konfrontiert. (IAB)