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The inside story of the European Fund for Strategic Investments from 2015 to 2020 told through interviews with the Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, members of the Investment Committee and final beneficiaries across Europe. The architects…

This book targets scholars and students of European integration interested in democratic accountability in the EU and the reforms introduced since the euro crisis. It fits the syllabi of courses on EU institutions and EU economic governance taught…

Before the U.S. campaign finance system can be fixed, we first have to understand why it has developed into the system as it exists today. The nature of democracy itself, the American capitalist economic system, the content of the U.S. Constitution…

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access. The increasing capacity of digital networks and computing power, together with the resulting connectivity and availability of “big data”, are impacting financial systems…

This open access book examines a particular factor in the enduring international success of German companies. Beyond industrial specialization, peaceful labor relations, local financial markets and the “miracle of the Mittelstand”, it focuses on a…

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Using Adam Smith’s notion of an 'invisible hand', this extraordinary contribution identifies dogmatic versus pragmatic views of free markets. Published posthumously, with new contributions by Rod…

Today, being authentic has become an aspiration and an imperative. The notion of authenticity shapes the consumption habits of individuals in the most diverse contexts such as food and drinks, clothing, music, tourism and the digital sphere, even…

This reprint comprises 17 papers published in the Special Issue entitled “The Impact of COVID-19 on Financial Markets and the Real Economy”, centered on socioeconomic models affected by the pandemic (Vasin, 2022); the COVID-19 impact on various…

The fifth Factor X publication from the Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA), The Impossibilities of the Circular Economy provides an overview of the limits to the circular economy, emphasising the relationship between integrated…

The European Union's response to the financial crisis was designed in a way that prevented EU citizens from holding decision-makers accountable. This book reimagines legal accountability by focusing on the citizen, who should be at the centre of the…