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self‐regulating mechanisms needed for a free, just and stable economy and society: reform of officially organized …
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Purpose – In the Western world the voices calling for a secular society have grown ever louder over the last three … centuries. This paper seeks to return to one of the founders of modernity for guidance. Adam Smith advocated globalization on … economic and moral grounds. Design/methodology/approach – A discussion focusing on those calling for a secular society and, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005081264
As former communist countries have proceeded with market reforms, they have become more enmeshed in the international economy and their involvement in economic globalisation continues to grow. While economic theory suggests that this should bring several economic advantages to transitional...
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Purpose – In the Western world the voices calling for a secular society have grown ever louder over the last three … centuries. This paper seeks to return to one of the founders of modernity for guidance. Adam Smith advocated globalization on … economic and moral grounds. Design/methodology/approach – A discussion focusing on those calling for a secular society and, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805265
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to use the concept of meta-frontiers data envelopment analysis (DEA) to compare the technical efficiencies of banks in selected Southeast Asia countries in the periods of 1998-2012. Design/methodology/approach The authors evaluate bank efficiency in...
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the era of Reforms and openness, a picture portraying the traits of Chinese rural society is provided. The author delves … deep into the foundations of econometric as well as western society to draw comparisons between Occidental and oriental … society. Findings – Unlike the widely held view that implicitly identifies the basis of studies in Chinese economical …
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effects of economic liberalization and globalization to the pre-2007 American economy. In so doing, it seeks to ascertain the … post-1970 period of economic liberalism and globalization until just recently due to an explicit attempt by the forces of … cheap credit and the democratization of market investments that spurred consumer purchases and a false belief that what was …
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their political nature. Finally, the paper assigns an all-impressing role to civil society organizations (CSOs) in promoting …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to model the link between political participation and life satisfaction whilst correcting for the endogenous nature of the relationship; explore the impact of different strengths of political participation and aim to uncover if the relationship displays...
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The fragmentation of knowledge poses serious threats to a survival when scientific and technological know-how constantly outrun understanding of societies and individuals. A significant problem associated with this state of affairs is the unquestioned separation of facts and values. This paper...
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