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Requiem for Communism: The Case of Hungary
Hill, Lewis E.; Magas, István - In: International Journal of Social Economics 20 (1993) 5/6/7, pp. 35-43
Attempts to specify and to explicate some of the most important reasons for the failure of communism or state socialism. Analyses the general case of Eastern Europe, then applies the analysis to the specific case of Hungary. Second, deduces a model of market socialism from the theories of Fred...
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Soviet Socialism: The Era of War Communism
Dowlah, Abu F. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 20 (1993) 5/6/7, pp. 57-83
The Soviet experiment on socialism provides several distinguishable politico‐economic models. Employing dialectical …
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Rand’s Egoism and Marx’s Collectivism: An Ethical Perspective
Riha, Tomas J.F. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 21 (1994) 5/6, pp. 66-78
Identifies certain commonalities in the bases of the moral philosophies of Rand (individualist/capitalist/egoist) and Marx (collectivist/socialist/altruist), such as a man’s natural rights and materialism. Examines their philosophies from an ethical viewpoint, looking at the origins and...
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Poverty Functions and the Aged Population
Owens, Emiel W. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 17 (1990) 4, pp. 57-65
poverty among the aged population are reviewed. Secondly, analytical models of the severity of poverty are presented and these … models are used to describe techniques that may be employed in attempting to alleviate poverty in one category of the aged … poor where it seems most acute and most intractable, i.e. aged women living alone. Three poverty models are presented: (1 …
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An Economic Model of Korean Reunification
Shim, Ki R. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 20 (1993) 10, pp. 13-22
Aims to find an appropriate economic model for the reunification question. Perhaps the most important economic issue is what model is to be applied in integrating the two Koreas into a single, viable and eventually highly‐competitive economy. Because of the dissimilarities between the German...
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Theory and practice in the design of pension systems
Spivak, Avia - In: International Journal of Social Economics 22 (1995) 8, pp. 34-54
Examines the options for a pension system in Israel in comparison with other pension systems in developed countries. A basic actuarial model is calculated for the evaluation of the feasible funded pensions. For reasonably conservative rates of return and contribution rates a funded system can be...
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Co-operation and conflict between firms, communities, new social movements and the role of government v. Cerro De San Pedro case
Vargas-Hernández, José G. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 34 (2007) May, pp. 320-344
the involved communities, focusing on the presence of the mining company (MSX) in Cerro de San Pedro, Mexico. Design …
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Barriers to health care access for Latino immigrants in the USA
Rivers, Patrick A.; Patino, Fausto G. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) March, pp. 207-220
Purpose – Latinos comprise 12.5 percent of the overall population in the USA, and are the fastest-growing minority, among which the Mexican-origin population makes up about 66 percent. Undocumented Latino immigrants are a small, yet important group within the immigrant population. The purpose...
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The dynamics of poverty transitions in Mexico
Fernández-Ramos, Jennifer; Garcia-Guerra, Ana K.; … - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 11, pp. 1082-1095
Purpose More than half of the Mexican population lives in poverty. While there are many studies about poverty in Mexico … Mexico and to analyze its determinants. Design/methodology/approach Based on the spells approach, a transition matrix was … the spells approach for Mexico as a whole, not just for urban areas. The value of this work is that it estimates chronic …
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Barriers to health care access for Latino immigrants in the USA
Rivers, Patrick A.; Patino, Fausto G. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 33 (2006) 3, pp. 207-220
Purpose – Latinos comprise 12.5 percent of the overall population in the USA, and are the fastest‐growing minority, among which the Mexican‐origin population makes up about 66 percent. Undocumented Latino immigrants are a small, yet important group within the immigrant population. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014805324