Publications Archive
Women on Board: The Norwegian Experience
Aagoth Storvik and Mari Teigen Norway was the first country to introduce a quota for women on company boards. Since its introduction in 2003, the number of 'women on board' has reached 40 per cent as required by law. In several...[more]
Public Policy and Happiness
Christian Kroll It is not longer enough for public policy to aspire to increase the electorate's material wealth. Instead, the principal aim of politics must be the greatest happiness of the people. At least this is, according...[more]
How soaring inequality contributed to the crash
Stewart Lansley The economic meltdown has been widely attributed to a combination of global imbalances, excessive banking leveraging, reckless financial risk-taking and excessive personal debt. But Stewart Lansley argues in his...[more]
The SPD and the debacle of the 2009 German Federal Elections
William E. Paterson and James Sloam The two authors argue that the devastating defeat of Germany's Social Democracy Party (SPD) in the recent German federal elections must be placed into the wider context of long-term...[more]
The German Elections 2009 and its consequences for the SPD
Thorben Albrecht Against the background of the devastating loss for Germany's Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the recent federal election, this article by Thorben Albrecht analyses the reasons for the disappointing election...[more]
A new start in economy policy
Friedhelm Hengsbach Those who for thirty years have preached that we should trust the self-regulation power of the markets now suddenly have moved to doubt market's power to heal themselves and call for the state to be their...[more]
Save jobs or drive structural change forward?
Ten theses on industrial policy in the economic crisis Alfred Pfaller and Philipp Fink This article by Alfred Pfaller and Philipp Fink is the result of related discussions within the working group 'Modern Industrial Policy' led...[more]