"Geld regiert die Welt", lautet eine Redewendung. Dieser Spruch, so Paul Steinhardt, lässt sich mit Blick auf das Finanzwesen durchaus bestätigen. Denn dort hat sich eine politische Entscheidungsmacht konzentriert, die unter Umgehung demokratischer Prozeduren agiert und das Gemeinwohlinteresse missachtet. Es gilt daher, den Blick auf die Geldmacher und ihre damit verbundene Macht zu lenken. Einer der wichtigsten Geldmacher ist die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB), um deren Tätigkeit es in die...

Globalisation is considered a success story. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and the dissolution of the political divides between East and West Germany, nothing seemed to stand in the way of peaceful cooperation between people everywhere. Under the precepts of economic liberalism, by removing institutional obstacles to international trade and capital flows, a spontaneous global order would emerge, and the dream of a world populated by free and prosperous global citizens would eventua...

**Two world-renowned scientists present an audacious new vision of the cosmos that “steals the thunder from the Big Bang theory.” —**Wall Street JournalThe Big Bang theory—widely regarded as the leading explanation for the origin of the universe—posits that space and time sprang into being about 14 billion years ago in a hot, expanding fireball of nearly infinite density. Over the last three decades the theory has been repeatedly revised to address such is...

This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University. This extensive conversation provides a comprehensive account of a marvellous scientific adventure story in the quest for a natural quasicrystal. You will be taken on a fascinating ride through the physics of materials, from theory, to the laboratory, to the discovery of a new state of m...

This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University. He is one of the originators of the theory of cosmic inflation and has become one of its fiercest critics. This fascinating conversation covers topics such as Paul Steinhardt’s scientific development, his formative experiences at Caltech including his encounters with Richard Feynman, hi...

Die Pandemiemaßnahmen und der Krieg in der Ukraine befeuern eine schwelende Wirtschaftskrise. Die euphemistisch "Klimakrise" genannte Umweltzerstörung bleibt als klaffende Wunde in unserer auf Kapitalverwertung basierenden Gesellschaft bestehen. Klimaziele zu beschwören und ansonsten auf marktkonforme Problemlösungen zu setzen, wird der Tatsache nicht gerecht, dass ein radikaler Umbau unseres gesamten ökonomischen Systems ansteht. Der erste Band der "Edition Makroskop", die vom Promedia Ve...