The Mittelstand: a Specific Entrepreneurial Profile of the Social Market Economy
Auszug aus: Journal for Markets and Ethics (2018)/1 Friederike Welter Online veröffentlicht: 25 Mar 2019Seitenbereich: 99 – 106 Zusammenfassung Mittelstand companies are the backbone of the German economy: they constitute the vast majority of enterprises in Germany, contribute to employment, and are a pillar of the German apprenticeship system. The specific ownership–management structure of the Mittelstand used […]
Why the Microlevel Determines the Future of the Social Market Economy?
Auszug aus: Journal for Markets and Ethics (2018)/1 Elmar Nass Online veröffentlicht: 25 Mar 2019Seitenbereich: 107 – 120 Zusammenfassung The main concern of this paper was to identify the homogeneity between the micro- and macro-level of social market economy. It shows the transfer of the normative main idea of the social market economy to concepts of leadership […]
Capitalism and Its New–Old Religion: a Civil Economy Perspective
Auszug aus: Journal for Markets and Ethics (2018)/1 Luigino Bruni Online veröffentlicht: 25 Mar 2019Seitenbereich: 121 – 132 Zusammenfassung From the very beginning of civilization, economic reality and words have been intertwined with religions and vice versa. It would be enough to think at the phenomenon of sacrifice, that is, the first “language” that religions used to […]
Wilhelm Röpke and the Role of “Moral Capital” for the Social Market Economy
Auszug aus: Journal for Markets and Ethics (2018)/1 Giuseppe Franco und André Habisch Online veröffentlicht: 25 Mar 2019Seitenbereich: 133 – 144 Zusammenfassung This paper portrays the contribution of Wilhelm Röpke (1899-1966) to business ethics and social responsibility of entrepreneurs. First, Röpke’s critique of liberalism and his concept of social market economy are emphasized. Afterward, we analyze the normative […]
Federalism in Germany, Italy, and the European Union: History, Characteristics, and Perspectives
Auszug aus: Journal for Markets and Journals (2018)/2 Beate Jochimsen Online veröffentlicht: 25 Mar 2019Seitenbereich: 145 – 154 Zusammenfassung Federalism is always torn between the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity. Defining the federal structure of a country by finding the welfare-maximizing amount and design of government layers is challenging. Thereby, the financial endowment of different layers of […]
Sources of “Public Reason” in Europe: Perspectives from Theological Ethics
Auszug aus: Journal for Markets and Ethics (2018)/1 Maureen Junker-Kenny Online veröffentlicht: 25 Mar 2019Seitenbereich: 155 – 164 Zusammenfassung Welcoming the turn toward including normative conceptions of the human into the remit of economics, this paper compares philosophical frameworks that guide principles such as dignity and justice as one source of theological ethics. Recent political crises show […]
