Exactly 125 years ago, in the year 1881, Gustav Schmoller became the editor of "Schmollers Jahrbuch". The purpose of this special issue is to open the debate on Schmoller's legacy. This debate should not seek to answer the question of whether Schmoller as an economist should be glorified or rejected; instead it should focus on assessing to what extent Schmoller's ideas can be used today to better understand current and historical trends in theory and practice. This holds true even more because Schmoller himself was working as an economist in times of rapid social and economic change - much like we are today. Schmoller's pragmatic and realistic approach, in particular, as well as his orientation towards the social integration of the individual into society can contribute an important dimension to the current debate and may indeed be his main legacy for the 21st century.

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Prof. Dr. Nils Goldschmidt lehrt an der HS München und ist Affiliated Fellow am Walter Eucken Institut.

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Inhalt: Symposium "Schmoller's Legacy for the 21st Century": Editorial Preface - My Early Years in Heilbronn. Gustav von Schmoller's Last, Autobiographical Essay. Translated by R. Martin, and introduced and annotated by H. Rieter - G. M. Hodgson, Schmoller's Impact on the Anglophone Literature in Economics - Y. Shionoya, Schmoller and Modern Economic Sociology - G. Blümle / N. Goldschmidt, Gustav Schmoller, His Heirs and the Foundation of Today's Social Policy - H. Rieter / J. Zweynert, Gustav Schmoller and Globalisation - Article: J. T. Addison / T. Schank / C. Schnabel / J. Wagner, Works Councils in the Production Process - Discussion: J. Wagner, Editorial Statement: Replication Studies in Schmollers Jahrbuch - K. Kraft, On Estimating the Effect of Co-Determination on Personnel Turnover - B. Frick, Codetermination and Personnel Turnover: Ten Years Later - European Data Watch: J. Merz / D. Vorgrimler / M. Zwick, De Facto Anonymised Microdata File on Income Tax Statistics 1998 - D. Frommert / T. Heien, Retirement Pension Provision Schemes in Germany 1996 and 2005