Tag Archive: Brasil

Der Staat als Super Super Nanny

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Kurzbeschreibung Dass der Staat uns übel gesonnen sein kann, ist als Bedrohung der Freiheit allgemein anerkannt. Was aber ist, wenn er es zu gut meint? Ein neuer Sammelband geht der Frage auf die… Read More →

Vielfalt im Stadtparlament? Noch große Defizite

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Inwieweit spiegeln die Institutionen unserer Demokratie die zunehmende Vielfalt der Gesellschaft? Erstmals untersucht das Max-Planck-Institut zur Erforschung multireligiöser und multiethnischer Gesellschaften – in Kooperation mit der Heinrich Böll Stiftung und unterstützt durch die… Read More →

Reform des deutschen Länderfinanzausgleichs – eine unendliche Geschichte?

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Kurzbeschreibung Diese Publikation beschreibt die Funktionsweise, Komplexität und nivellierende Wirkung des deutschen Länderfinanzausgleichs. Ferner wird die finanzwirtschaftliche Entwicklung der letzten Jahrzehnte skizziert. Beschreibung Diese Publikation beschreibt die Funktionsweise, Komplexität und nivellierende Wirkung des… Read More →

Perspektiven und Grenzen “direkter Demokratie”

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Es gibt verschiedene Formen der „direkten Demokratie“, die sich unterschiedlich auf die politischen Systeme auswirken. So ziehen Referenden über Verfassungsänderungen andere Folgen nach sich als die sogenannte Volksgesetzgebung. In Deutschland sind bei der… Read More →

Logistik-Indikator im dritten Quartal 2012:Markanter Dämpfer für die Logistikkonjunktur in Deutschland

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Das Konjunkturklima in der deutschen Logistikwirtschaft hat sich im Sommerquartal deutlich abgekühlt. Dies geht aus der jüngsten Erhebung (August-Befragung) für den Logistik-Indikator hervor, den das Institut für Weltwirtschaft im Auftrag der Bundesverbeinigung Logistik… Read More →

Cairo – Bengasi: cronaca di un dramma annunciato

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L’11 settembre, mentre l’America si raccoglieva nel ricordo delle tremila vittime degli attentati di 11 anni fa,  folle irose si raccoglievano davanti all’ambasciata americana al Cairo e al consolato di Bengasi, in Libia.… Read More →

House Republican Tax Bill Leaves Some Military Families Behind

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The House of Representatives today is scheduled to vote on a House Republican proposal (H.R. 8) that purportedly extends all tax cuts but actually raises taxes on about 25 million families by reducing… Read More →

Report: V4 Trade and FDI Observer

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The Polish Institute of International Affairs participates in a project supported by a “Small Grant” awarded by the International Visegrad Fund (www.visegradfund.org) “V4 Trade and FDI Observer” for February 2012 – July 2012.… Read More →

China’s culinary crossroads

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China’s increasing appetite for meat poses a significant policy conundrum for leaders in Beijing. Chinese meat consumption has quadrupled since 1978 leading to a 5 million tonne a year increase in maize imports… Read More →

What’s at stake in the South China Sea?

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The territorial disputes in the South China Sea get much less attention than other crisis points, in the Taiwan Straits and the Korean Peninsula, but are arguably more unpredictable and dangerous. It is… Read More →

Extract from ‘The China choice: why America should share power’

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This is an extract from The China choice: why America should share power by Hugh White   http://lowyinstitute.cachefly.net/files/lowy_institute_extract_-_the_china_choice.pdf   ©2012 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED THE AUTHOR(S) AND THE PUBLISHER —————————————————————————————————————————– Dear Readers We invite… Read More →

How Global Watchdogs Missed a World of Trouble

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Little is known about the Financial Stability Forum (FSF), created after the emerging-market crises in the late 1990s to coordinate efforts in preventing and mitigating future crises, with a membership that included top-ranking… Read More →

Offshoring, Domestic Outsourcing, and Productivity: Evidence for a Number of European Countries

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The economic effects of offshoring have been subject to extensive empirical analysis in the past, but many studies have not accurately distinguished between offshoring, domestic outsourcing, and the substitution of domestic by foreign… Read More →

Measuring business climate for agriculture and forest investments in Angola and Brazil

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For investments in agriculture to be attractive, they need to be profitable. This profitability depends not only on the intrinsic nature of the investment project and the capabilities of the promoter, but also on… Read More →

(Quintessential) Real Instituto Elcano ( Spain): Towards a New International Order?

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The Economic Crisis and the Emerging Powers: Towards a New International Order? Robin Niblett 20/2/2012 [1]International order within a system of more or less sovereign states implies the absence of major conflict between… Read More →

(Quintessential) CEBRI (Brazil):Brasil e o Mundo: oportunidades, ambições e escolhas

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Autores: Celso Lafer e Nelson Jobim to download : http://www.cebri.com.br/midia/documentos/brasil_e_o_mundo_site.pdf

Tactical warning : Italy 23%VAT the right decision to slow down Germany & France

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Some rumors are telling the Mr Monti´s government wants to raise the VAT to a draconian 23%. Maybe in a classroom a mathematical model can suggest that people that do not pay tax… Read More →

Tactical Warning : the new Chinese masters of money

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As plan as one of the first steps in what is expected to be a major leadership change at the top of the Communist Party next year Beijing Saturday has changed the leadership… Read More →

Tactical Warning : the (new ) US war

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Our readers a re informed about the 5 internal war in Mexico ,(I),as well as about the new strategy of selective targets to fight the organized crime. For this reason it is not… Read More →

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