Am Beispiel des zeitgen"ssischen Bildhauers Erwin Schrotter analysieren die Autoren den Kunstmarkt und allgemeine kulturelle Phänomene. Eingebettet in eine Modellbeschreibung der "konomischen Welt werden beispielsweise Erläuterungen zum Problem des Originals, zur Funktion der Signatur, zur Psychologie des Fälschers, zum Einfluß der Sammler auf Museen und zum Ausstellungsbetrieb gegeben
Title: " Acceleration trap or the triumph of the tortoise" (Translation). The two Munster economic professors, Klaus Backhaus and Holger Bonus, have gathered in her collection "The acceleration trap or the Triumph of the Tortoise" a total of 18 individual contributions to the following chapter headings: "Time Travel", "time stress", "economy of time", "time step" and "time horizon". The title mentioned in the book Triumph of the turtle to commemorate the old paradox of the race between Achilles and the tortoise, which seen from the perspective of the slowness of the world changes. At the same time signaled the title but also the skepticism of the editors, especially in relation to the economic acceleration process, including the sequence of ever shorter product cycles and fads are. Key terms. Places: Germany--Periods: 20th century--Forms: Philosophy.