Economics

The work provides an overview of debates in political philosophy, ethics, and legal philosophy, highlighting their connections with law and legal policy. It is aimed at students and scholars who wish to learn about fundamental debates and new developments in related disciplines.

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.

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.

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.