The article discusses the origins of the U-shaped average cost curve, which is one of the most widely used tools in microeconomic analysis. Its widespread use leads many to consider it as a basic tool, obscuring the fact that the graph of the U-shaped average cost curve is part of a complex...

Les mécanismes du marché ne pourront résoudre qu'une part du défi climatique : la taxe carbone s'avère nécessaire pour impliquer tous les émetteurs, petits et grands. Comment voyez-vous le marché global du carbone évoluer dans les années à venir ? Il va certainement bien se...

L Indice Globale della Fame 2013 (GHI), relativo ai dati del periodo 2008-2012, mostra che la fame mondiale e diminuita di un terzo rispetto al 1990. Nonostante i progressi, il livello della fame nel mondo rimane "grave", con 870 milioni di persone a soffrirne, secondo le stime...

The 2013 Global Hunger Index (GHI), which reflects data from the period 2008 to 2012, shows that global hunger has improved since 1990, falling by one-third. Despite the progress made, the level of hunger in the world remains serious, with 870 million people going hungry, according to estimates...

Abstract: Social requirements concerning corporate social responsibility focus on transparency and harmlessness of firm activities: a factory or a quarry must be invisible, odorless, and silent. Firms must show that they respect those requirements in order to gain legitimacy. They must change...

Society’s requirements concerning corporate social responsibility focus on the transparency and harmlessness of corporate activities: a factory or a quarry must be invisible, odorless, and noiseless. Firms must show that they respect these requirements in order to gain legitimacy. They must...