In this article, we present a first empirical reflection on 'smart development', its measurement, possible 'drivers' and 'bottlenecks'. We first provide cross-national data on how much ecological footprint is used in the nations of the world system to 'deliver' a given amount of democracy,...

The floating exchange rate a troublesome ally of the Polish central bank (by Andrzej Slawinski, pp. 1-6) Countries covered Poland Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy A note on the interpretation and international comparison of external imbalances (by Gábor Oblath, pp. 7-19)...

The automotive industry in the New Member States a brief review (by Doris Hanzl; pp. 1-5) Keywords automotive industry, foreign direct investment Countries covered New EU Member States Topics Sectoral studies; International Trade, Competitiveness and FDI Migration plans and expected length of...

The Chinese automotive industry in a global context (by W. Urban and B. Wang, pp. 1-8) Keywords China, automotive industry Countries covered China Topics Foreign Direct Investment; Industry Index of global tolerance a quantitative analysis based on 'World Values Survey' data (by A. Tausch, pp....

The new Multiannual Financial Framework of the European Union for 2014-2020 a comment (by Sándor Richter; pp. 1-3) Keywords financial framework Countries covered EU Topics Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy Labour costs, external competitiveness and economic growth in new EU member states (by...

Following the attempt by Alesina and Guiliano (2013) to measure global culture and to project these measurements onto real choropleth geographical world maps, we utilize the data from the World Values Survey (WVS) to arrive at robust measurement scales of global economic, political and social...

The present article is based on a 175 nations, 26 standard predictor variables study on the determinants of seven important indicators of social conditions on a global scale. The standard predictors cover all major development accounting theories today, including a) Demographic factors, b)...

Current situation of the global economy challenges and potential consequences for Central, East and Southeast Europe (by P. Havlik and J. Pöschl, pp. 2-5) Keywords global economy, financial instability Countries covered Wider Europe, OECD, CIS Topics Macroeconomic Analysis, Forecasts and Policy...

Globalization and monopolies lead towards stagnation. Paul Boccara emphasized this since the early 1970s. Some other great political economists of the instability of the international order, like Rosa Luxemburg and Otto Bauer, foresaw the dark clouds of major inner-capitalist wars on the...