Economics

Diagnoses of a widespread »irrationality« of private households in financial matters belong to the standard repertoire of financial self-help literature. Philipp Neeb traces the historical emergence of expectations of rationality within this genre and, from a sociological perspective, exposes their latencies and consequential problems.

The second edition of this instructive and thought-provoking guide to the theory and practice of corporate financial decision making has been completely revised and up-dated. In particular, the many and varied changes to financial and capital markets have been worked into the application-orientated chapters together with additional diagrams and tables. The book's chapters on theoretical models have been enhanced with further examples, each ending with a practical exercise the solution to which will be made available online.

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The works collected in this volume span a period of three decades in Walter Eucken's scientific oeuvre, from 1921 to 1950. The theme that connects them is the perception of the present as a time of crisis and the question of where the causes of the crisis are to be seen and how their solution can be found. The volume also traces the development of the ordoliberal research program.

With his fundamental insights into the conditions needed for a free economic and social order, Walter Eucken became the founder of ordoliberalism and one of Germany's most influential twentieth century economists. This volume presents a selection of letters from the years 1907 to 1932 that provide new perspectives on the economic, fiscal policy and philosophical debates of the Weimar Republic.