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Liang Qichao, Sun Yat-sen, and the 1905-1907 debate on socialism
Lai, Cheng-chung; Trescott, Paul B. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 32 (2005) December, pp. 1051-1062
Purpose – To review one of the earliest Chinese debates on socialism, highlighting the consequent changes in outlook by … initially favored Bismarckian socialism, but moved during the debate to increasing skepticism about a major economic role for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081272
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Triumphant capitalism and the future of human, social and economic progress in the post-Cold War era
Ukpere, Wilfred I.; Slabbert, Andre D. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 35 (2008) May, pp. 417-422
between capitalism and socialism (effective state), so that a higher human, social and economic order is realised. Design … single capitalist triumphant orthodoxy. Practical implications – Socialism has failed and capitalism is in the process of … failing. Therefore, the only hope left to resurrect socialism and resuscitate capitalism, is a complementary and comprehensive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081329
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Poverty as a transient reality in a globalised world: an economic choice
Slabbert, A.D.; Ukpere, W.I. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) August, pp. 858-868
Purpose – Poverty is indeed a terrible monster confronting humanity today. It is alarming and, indeed, not without despair to note that 22,000 children under five die every day as a result of poverty. Thus, in a calendar year, more than eight million children do not progress past the age of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320533
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Islamic economics: still in search of an identity
Mahomedy, Abdulkader Cassim - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) May, pp. 556-578
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique the philosophical underpinnings of the growing field of Islamic economics. Design/methodology/approach – A critical and comparative review of Islamic economics texts written by key proponents during the last eight decades is undertaken. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742462
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Who are the poor? Who are the rich? Evidence for Portugal
Crespo, Nuno; Moreira, Sandrina B.; Simões, Nádia - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) May, pp. 579-590
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the main determinants of the probability of a household being poor, middle class, or rich. Design/methodology/approach – A new and integrated approach to the measurement of inequality in income distribution, poverty, and richness was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010742477
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Islamic economics: still in search of an identity
Mahomedy, Abdulkader Cassim - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) May, pp. 556-578
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critique the philosophical underpinnings of the growing field of Islamic economics. Design/methodology/approach – A critical and comparative review of Islamic economics texts written by key proponents during the last eight decades is undertaken. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685864
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Who are the poor? Who are the rich? Evidence for Portugal
Crespo, Nuno; Moreira, Sandrina B.; Simões, Nádia - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) May, pp. 579-590
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the main determinants of the probability of a household being poor, middle class, or rich. Design/methodology/approach – A new and integrated approach to the measurement of inequality in income distribution, poverty, and richness was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686090
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The liberal Hegelianism of Edward Caird: Or, how to transcend the social economics of Kant and the romantics
Tyler, Colin - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2010) October, pp. 852-866
Purpose – The paper establishes that Edward Caird developed a distinctive form of liberal Hegelianism out of his critical responses to Kant, the romantic tradition of Rousseau, Goethe and Wordsworth and indeed Hegel himself. Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents a philosophical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008788386
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Demise of a single orthodoxy and the possibility of a cooperative economy
Ukpere, Wilfred I. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2010) March, pp. 239-253
heralded the dawn of globalisation, made neo-liberalists proclaim the death of socialism, along with its positive variants … shortages and economic crises, will resurrect the question as to whether socialism is indeed dead as proclaimed by neo … majority of humanity from participating in sharing global prosperity, the assertion that socialism is dead, has become …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676562
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Stalinism versus Hitlerism: the basic intentions and results
Raiklin, Ernest - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) March, pp. 358-381
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the soundness of equating Stalinism and Nazism (Hitlerism), expressed in a resolution adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe on July 1, 2009. Design/methodology/approach – The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009131037