Die Arbeitskräftelenkung war ein immanenter und zentraler Bestandteil der Planwirtschaft in der SBZ/DDR. Der Übergang vom System der kriegsbedingten Zwangsbewirtschaftung zur Zentralverwaltungswirtschaft vollzog sich nicht geradlinig und nicht sofort nach dem Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Trotz einiger grundlegender Entscheidungen (Bodenreform, Sequestrierung und ""Industriereform"") entwickelte sich erst im Verlauf der fünfziger Jahre ein komplexes...

In the twenty years since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the fifteen new independent republics have embarked on unprecedented transitions from command economies into market-oriented economies. Important motivating factors for their reform efforts included issues of geographic and economic proximity to Europe and the influence of the pre-Soviet era histories in those countries. In the Shadow of Russia builds upon the conceptual frameworks that...

Our prosperity requires the enterprise of innumerable individuals and businesses who exercise their imagination and judgment and bear responsibility for outcomes. And widespread enterprise is fostered through dialogue and relationships, not merely prices in anonymous markets. Yet modern finance blatantly neglects these necessary elements for enterprise. In the last several decades finance has become increasingly centralized, distanced, and mechanistic....

James Riedel is Professor of International Economics at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies. Jing Jin is Director of China Strategy for UBS AG Hong Kong, and a professor at Beijing's Central University of Finance and Economics. Jian Gao is Vice-Governor of the China Development Bank in Beijing. Why investment and financial reform are essential to China's continued economic well-being Although China's economy has...

In examining the key arguments advanced by proponents of a basic income, contributors to this volume take a hard look at Canada's social safety net and propose a different path forward - one that entails a full paradigm shift in social policy and rests on providing the bases of self- and social respect to all Canadians.