The ethics of autonomous cars and automated driving have been a subject of discussion in research for a number of years (cf. Lin 2015; Goodall in Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board 2424:58–65, 2014; Goodall in IEEE Spectrum 53(6):28–58, 2016). As levels of automation progress, with partially automated driving already becoming standard… Read more »
Although both the problem of corruption and its detrimental effects on society, economy, and environment has widely been recognized, corruption remains one of the most challenging problems of today. In light of globalization, the exclusive focus on compliance-oriented measures such as sharpening laws seems to be more and more ineffective. Apparently, the problem is not… Read more »
The theme arises from the legal-academic movement „Law and Literature“. This newly developed field should aim at two major goals, first, to investigate the meaning of law in a social context by questioning how the characters appearing in literary works understand and behave themselves to the law (law in literature), and second, to find out… Read more »
Wirtschaftsethik gewinnt auch in den Lehrplänen deutscher Hochschulen zunehmend an Bedeutung. Hinter diesem schillernden Begriff verbirgt sich allerdings eine Fülle immer schwieriger zu überblickender, teils eher heterogener Konzepte. Das vorliegende Lehrbuch möchte Studierenden und allen an Wirtschaftsethik Interessierten Orientierung in diesem theoretischen „Dschungel“ bieten. Daher legen die Autoren Wert darauf, wirtschaftsethische Konzepte in einem Gesamtzusammenhang… Read more »
This paper compares and contrasts two schools of political economy: the Austrian School, prominent members of which include Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises; and the Bloomington School, which was founded by Elinor and Vincent Ostrom. It is argued that the two traditions share a good deal in common: both have improved our understanding of… Read more »
This paper uses the theory of complex systems as a conceptual lens through which to compare the work of Friedrich Hayek and Vincent and Elinor Ostrom. It is well known that, from the 1950s onwards, Hayek conceptualised the market as a complex adaptive system. It is argued in this paper that, while the Ostroms began… Read more »
This paper examines the nature of quasi-markets and their significance for the delivery of public services. The nature of quasi-markets is outlined, along with the rationale for their use in the reform of the public services. That theoretical account is then complemented by more concrete discussions of example of quasi-markets, drawn from the United Kingdom…. Read more »
The orthodox view of economic policy holds that public deliberation sets the goals or ends, and then experts select the means to implement these goals. This assumes that experts are no more than trustworthy servants of the public interest. David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart examine the historical record to consider cases in which… Read more »