This essay will examine just some signs of change in economic and social thought in the North-South relations. It does not attempt to offer a comprehensive overview of the creative possibilities for positive change that are now visible on the world stage. The basic premise of this exploration is...

The notion of Gross National Happiness (GNH) presents a radical paradigm shift in development economics and social theory. GNH can be regarded as the Buddhist equivalent to Gross National Product (GNP), which is the conventional indicator for a nation’s economic performance. But GNH can also be...

The first price runs for Korean rice help us develop a Smithian physiocratic model to explain the low, stable prices of the eighteenth century and the rising, volatile prices of the nineteenth. Ownership rights provided incentives, and productivity after 1600 exceeded subsistence to achieve...

Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, den empirisch gehaltlosen Charakter der modernen, neowalrasianischen Interpretation der 'unsichtbaren Hand' darzustellen und die bisher vernachl?ssigten Leistungen ausgew?hlter klassischer ?konomen zur Bestimmung dieser Metapher hervorzuheben. Anfangs-...

In den letzten Jahrzehnten griff die Staatsverschuldung in den meisten westlichen Staaten um sich wie ein wucherndes Krebsgeschw?r. Die Ereignisse im Zuge der Euro-Krise haben ein Schlaglicht auf die Gefahren dieser Entwicklung geworfen. Diese Arbeit untersucht die Frage, wie sich...

This study investigated the effect the price of oil has on enabling political establishments to maintain their presence within the business environment. The study consists of three different case studies with each of the states (Saudi Arabia, Iran and the United Arab Emirates) being chosen based...

The paper explains how Suan Nguen Mee Ma Co., Ltd. (Suan Company) emerged from the NGO movement guided by Sulak Sivaraksa in Thailand. Suan Company is one example of the growing number of experiments in 'alternative business'. In addition to 'fair trade' efforts to bring rural producers and...

Zur impliziten Ethik der Zinstheorie

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