A common thread in the circular economy literature is the linear–circular contrast. This study
shows that the economy has always been a mix of circular and linear applications but in …

19. Jahrhunderts by CH Beck publishers in Munich in January 2009. it rapidly went through
five editions and two unnumbered special editions and is now being translated into Chinese …

In this article the autor presents a description, analysis and evaluation of the fundamentally
new interpretation of the economic history of the early modern world that is defended by …

Why do some cities grow economically while others decline? Why do some show sustained
economic performance while others cycle up and down? In Keys to the City, Michael …

In modern life, technology is everywhere. Yet as a concept, technology is a mess. In popular
discourse, technology is little more than the latest digital innovations. Scholars do little …

The contemporary world is confronted by a double challenge: environmental degradation
and social inequality. This challenge is linked to the dynamics of the First Deep Transition …

Mass housing is one of the primary solutions implemented by the construction industry to
meet the current rapidly growing housing demand. Corresponding with the recognition of the …

Recent conceptualizations of trends in the structure of US industry have focused on the
relative importance of markets, hierarchies, and hybrid intermediate forms. This paper …

The argument of this essay is that infrastructures simultaneously shape and are shaped by—
in other words, co-construct—the condition of modernity. By linking macro, meso, and micro …

Some of the most fruitful insights generated by social science in recent decades flow from
explorations of how institutions, understood as sets of regularized practices with a rule-like …