Wege aus dem Kapitalismus?

The conviction that has prevailed in the West for decades, that capitalism is the most efficient economic system and at the same time a natural ally of democracy, has been increasingly called into question since the global financial crisis erupted in 2008. The symptoms of secular stagnation and the worsening of social inequality are leading to growing distrust of the crisis management of established politics and giving a boost to populist movements. This is eroding the basis of consensus to which Western post-war societies owe their stability. Can the prevailing capitalism be democratically reformed? Are alternative economic systems conceivable that do not revert to authoritarian state socialism or corporatism?

With contributions by
Jens Beckert | Maria Behrens | Colin Crouch | Christoph Deutschmann | Nancy Fraser | Peter Imbusch | Tobias Nikolaus Klass | Regina Kreide | David Löw Beer | Georg Lohmann | Jo Moran-Ellis | Patrizia Nanz | Frank Nullmeier | Claus Offe | William Outhwaite | Reinhard Pfriem | Smail Rapic | Anne Reichold | Darrow Schecter | David Strecker | Wolfgang Streeck | Joseph Vogl | Lutz Wingert