In this book, one of Germany's most influential economists describes his country's economy, the largest in the European Union and the third largest in the world, and analyzes its weaknesses: poor GDP growth performance, high unemployment due to a malfunctioning labor market, and an unsustainable social security system....

Rules for the Global Economy is a timely examination of the conditions under which international rules of globalization come into existence, enabling world economic and financial systems to function and stabilize....

The book interprets nature and the environment as a scarce resource. It offers a theoretical study of the allocation problem and describes different policy approaches to the environmental problem....

The book interprets nature and the environment as a scare resource. It offers a theoretical study of the allocation problem and describes different policy approaches to the environmental problem....

In this volume, economists discuss the long-run consequences of aging societies....

Horst Sievert, a leading international economist, breaks new ground in taking a truly global view of the world economy, viewing it as an entity, as if from outer space....

Book Description In this book, one of Germany\'s most influential economists describes his country\'s economy, the largest in the European Union and the third largest in the world, and analyzes its weaknesses: poor GDP growth performance, high unemployment due to a malfunctioning labor market, and an unsustainable social security system....

Social Security in the United States and in Europe is at a critical juncture. Through the essays assembled in Social Security Pension Reform in Europe, Martin Feldstein and Horst Siebert, along with a number of distinguished contributors, discuss the challenges facing Social Security reform in the aging societies of Europe....