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Human development and economic systems: a unitary approach
Sun, Li‐teh; O’Brien, John C.; Jiang, Qi - In: International Journal of Social Economics 28 (2001) 5/6/7, pp. 526-561
necessarily mean the end of socialism. In fact both capitalism and socialism are beneficial for a unitary human development, which … consists of both material and spiritual development. Capitalism, with its emphasis on self‐interest and individual freedom, has … been crucial to material development. But socialism, with its preference for other‐interest and collective necessity, is …
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The Value‐based Islamic Economic System and Other Optimal Economic Systems: A Critical Comparative Analysis
Reilly, Bernard J.; Zangeneh, Hamid - In: International Journal of Social Economics 17 (1990) 11, pp. 21-35
It is noted that the optimal systems of radical free enterprise and radical socialism are extremes of intellectualising …
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Ayn Rand versus Karl Marx
Machan, Tibor R. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 21 (1994) 2/3/4, pp. 54-67
What sets Rand apart from other critics of Marx is that she is a philosophical/ethical/ political individualist who rejects the claim by Marx that “The human essence is the true collectivity of man” and advances, instead, a neo‐Aristotelian theory to the effect that each of us is a human...
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Missing: Morality in the Transformation of Former Socialist Countries
Riha, Tomas J.F. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 21 (1994) 10, pp. 10-31
socialism to primitive capitalism. Without the sanctity of law and order rooted in the value system of the cultural heritage of … Judeo‐Christian ethics, the privatization of state industries and public utilities including the commercialization of …
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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
economics. Design/methodology/approach – A critical and comparative review of Islamic economics texts written by key proponents …-political context are contrasted. Findings – The proponents of Islamic economics have had little success in shaping a distinctive …, Islamic economics has not been able to shed its neoclassical moorings, the very paradigm it originally set out to replace …
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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
economics. Design/methodology/approach – A critical and comparative review of Islamic economics texts written by key proponents …-political context are contrasted. Findings – The proponents of Islamic economics have had little success in shaping a distinctive …, Islamic economics has not been able to shed its neoclassical moorings, the very paradigm it originally set out to replace …
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 theory of the cheating of the masses in modern times: the institutional roots of social immorality under capitalism, socialism‐communism and fascism
Rugina, Anghel N. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 27 (2000) 5/6, pp. 603-646
. Posits that in this study the theory of cheating the masses under capitalism and socialism‐communism, is valid ipso facto …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805028
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Islamic economics: still in search of an identity
Cassim Mahomedy, Abdulkader - In: International Journal of Social Economics 40 (2013) 6, pp. 556-578
economics. Design/methodology/approach – A critical and comparative review of Islamic economics texts written by key proponents …‐political context are contrasted. Findings – The proponents of Islamic economics have had little success in shaping a distinctive …, Islamic economics has not been able to shed its neoclassical moorings, the very paradigm it originally set out to replace …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805802