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Technologieunternehmen sind häufig milliardenschwer, verdienen ihr Geld aber vielfach mit Werbung. Oliver Nachtwey argumentiert, dass die Wertschöpfung auf digitalen Plattformen im Sinne anthropologischer Theorien des Gabentauschs verstanden werden muss. [more]

Based on a series of survey experiments across the EU and in Germany, Laura Seelkopf discusses the drivers of support for (or opposition to) climate taxation. [more]

Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts stehen Demokratien vor vielfältigen Herausforderungen, die sich gegenseitig beeinflussen und zum Teil verstärken. Symptome dieser Lage sind der Vertrauensrückgang in politische Institutionen und der augenscheinliche Dauerstress, unter dem zentrale politische und gesellschaftliche Akteure stehen. [more]

Although credit rating agencies are best known for their disastrous role in recent financial crises, the function they fulfil in “normal times” is just as important and arguably much more pernicious. Sovereign ratings place significant and tendentious constraints on the policy choices of democratically elected governments. [more]

There is a growing ecology of actors concerned with climate change and trying to promote a transformation toward the goal of a deep decarbonization of society. At the same time global emissions curves do not point downwards, the world is still tightly locked into a fossil fuel-based economy. [more]

The Third Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy aims at building bridges and finding commonalities among young scholars whose research is addressing the complex linkages between economic, political, and social action. It will give doctoral researchers at all stages the opportunity to present their work and receive constructive and well-informed feedback.