Economic Liberalism. Hermann Levy

Economic liberalism: fall, revival and resistance

Hermann Remsperger: The Bundesbank’s view of the economic outlook and economic policy challenges

I was very glad to accept your invitation to attend Swedbank’s Economic Outlook Conference. To a German central banker comparing the economic developments in Germany and Sweden since the 1990s is interesting for a number of reasons. This also holds true for the question of how we in Germany should tackle the current economic policy challenges. Just an example: Last Wednesday I read an article i...

Hermann Scharfetter

The concept of wave propagation and the interaction of waves with matter is pivotal in many fields of physics and engineering (e. g. radio transmission, optics, sound propagation, transmission of information in waveguides...). Therefore wave propagation plays a central role in teaching physics, electrical engineering, information technology etc. from the undergraduate level (undergratuate engin...

Hermann Remsperger: Current challenges facing economic policy-makers (Central Bank Articles and Speeches)

Of course there is no denying that the sluggish economic trend over the past three years was partially caused by global factors. However, we should not overlook the problems of our own making. The very fact that Germany has been suffering not only from a cyclical downturn, but also from an inadequate growth momentum, means that it is not enough merely to expect the emerging improvement of the g...

Liberalism, Democracy and Development

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Contents Acknowledgements page vii List of abbreviations ix Introduction 1 1 The question: is 'liberal democracy' good for economic development? 10 1.1 The context 13 1.2 The pro-'liberal democracy' and anti-'liberal democracy' camps: situating the democracy–development debate within the general debate about 'liberal democr...