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In Dynamism, Rivalry, and the Surplus Economy, János Kornai examines capitalism as an economic system and in comparison to socialism. Kornai explains his view of capitalism as an economy of surplus--a chronic excess of supply of goods and labor. This environment breeds...
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Oxford University Press
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2013-11-06
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Obwohl die Werke Heinrich von Kleists inzwischen unter zahlreichen diskursiven Aspekten (Recht, Religion, Politik, Naturwissenschaften u.v.a.) untersucht worden sind, liegen bisher kaum Arbeiten vor, die sich explizit mit der Bedeutung von Ökonomie bzw. Formen des...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-11-05
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The economic crisis hit individuals and households hard. Not surprisingly, it took a long time before people took to the streets; research shows that debtors with serious debt problems tend to suffer quietly. This book provides empirical information and profiles of...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-11-05
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The centenary of E.F. Schumacher’s birth (1911-1977) offered an urgent opportunity to revisit his work and life. Against the background of the crisis at the beginning of this century, reconsidering Schumacher’s Small is Beautiful or frugality paradigm makes clear that...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-11-04
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This book, which is aimed at researchers in specialised varieties of English, provides an illustration of how linguists can use terms, i.e. the expression of concepts in specialised fields, as entry points to explore any specialised domain, whether academic or...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-11-04
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Faced with the complexity of the current crisis experienced in a new manner by western countries within the globalisation process, this book provides a significant contribution both to an understanding of the mechanisms at the basis of these events and in proposing...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-04
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Sprachgemeinschaften und Individuen betrachten Sprachen nie wertneutral. Dieses Konzept wird als Sprachattitüden definiert und dient als heuristische Perspektive, um einen neuen Ansatz zur Analyse von sprachpolitischen Entscheidungen und Nationalsprachenpolitik zu...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-11-04
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Insolvenzverfahren über das Vermögen von Unternehmen sind häufig grenzüberschreitender Natur. Die anwendbaren Vorschriften jedoch waren lange Zeit nationalen Ursprungs. Diese Arbeit untersucht die wesentlichen Modellregelungen zum Insolvenzrecht, die auf internationaler...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-11-04
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Der Autor befasst sich mit der Private Company Limited by Shares (kurz: Limited), deren Anzahl in Deutschland nach einer Reihe von Entscheidungen des EuGH stark angestiegen ist. Bei der Gründung einer Limited wird oftmals außer Acht gelassen, dass zahlreiche englische...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-11-04
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This book brings a completely new dimension into the study of determinants of international trade and foreign direct investment in the Central and Eastern European countries that recently joined the European Union. The main aim of the book is to shed a new light on the...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-10-01
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In recent years, the world has been rocked by major economic crises, most notably the devastating collapse of Lehman Brothers, the largest bankruptcy in American history, which triggered the breathtakingly destructive sub-prime disaster. What sparks these vast economic...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2013-09-23
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The Poor and poverty-related issues and questions are in vogue. Humanitarianism is in. Yet so many mouths are hungry and poor – even «more hunger» than never. What is responsible? Aren’t there enough theories to end poverty like that of Jeffery Sachs:The End of Poverty....
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2013-09-16
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Henry M. Paulson, former Treasury Secretary, looks back on the financial crisis on its five year anniversary, and examines what happened, why it happened, and if it could happen again.
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Business Plus
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2013-08-27
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Diese Festschrift für Professor Dr. Michael Adams stellt einen Querschnitt aus den Forschungsbereichen zusammen, denen er sich während seiner bisherigen wissenschaftlichen Tätigkeit intensiv widmete. Sie umfassen u.a. die Regulierung von Tabakprodukten, Prävention...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-07-04
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Thomas Robert Malthus (1766-1834) was an English cleric whose ideas, as expounded in his most famous work the Essay on the Principle of Population, caused a storm of controversy. In this Very Short Introduction, Donald Winch explains and clarifies Malthus's ideas,...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-06-27
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By 2000, Ireland had achieved a remarkable macroeconomic performance: 10% economic growth annually, a budget surplus, and a very low debt to GDP ratio. Emigration had disappeared and there was significant immigration from Eastern Europe. Yet, by November 2010, output...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-06-06
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By 2000, Ireland had achieved a remarkable macroeconomic performance: 10% economic growth annually, a budget surplus, and a very low debt to GDP ratio. Emigration had disappeared and there was significant immigration from Eastern Europe. Yet, by November 2010, output...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-06-06
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Adam Smith (1723-90) is a thinker with a distinctive perspective on human behaviour and social institutions. He is best known as the author of the An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). Yet his work is name-checked more often than it is...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2013-05-16
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Adam Smith (1723-90) is a thinker with a distinctive perspective on human behaviour and social institutions. He is best known as the author of the An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). Yet his work is name-checked more often than it is...
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OUP Oxford
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2013-05-16
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Wirtschafts- und Sozialhistoriker – gut eine halbe Hundertschaft aus zwölf Ländern – bieten einen bunten Strauß ihrer akademischen Arbeiten von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart. Zu Worte kommen Professoren und Praktiker (Anwälte und Archivare, Beamte und Bankiers,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2013-05-02
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