Working Poor, Minimum Wage and Old Age Security– how must good economic and social policy be designed today? How do global competition and digitalisation effect companies, and what impacts do these developments have on national economic policies? These were the topics discussed in-depth on Friday, 15 March 2019,
Read moreSociety and politics place expectations on the business sector, for example with regard to where companies locate as well as their willingness to pay domestic taxes and to comply with environmental regulations. But are these expectations legitimate and justified? What moral obligations do companies have towards government and
Read moreIn the first Trialog, we aim to identify and discuss the fundamental values that underpin democracy and the market economy. Do these exhibit systematic differences? Do key principles such as equality and profit maximisation stand in opposition to one another? Do market-economic systems really need democracy and civil
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Today, liberal democracies offer their citizens a level of prosperity unequalled by any other political system. Nevertheless, the way it works on a day-to-day basis is viewed with increasing scepticism. People’s lifeworlds are changing as a consequence of globalization and digitalization. The global Financial Crisis, the Panama Papers
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