The recent era of economic turbulence has generated a growing enthusiasm for an increase in new and original economic insights based around the concepts of reciprocity and social enterprise. This stimulating and thought-provoking Handbook not only encourages and supports this growth, but also...

Die Beziehung zwischen Wirtschaftsliberalismus und Katholischer Soziallehre ist in der Geschichte eine spannungsreiche gewesen. Ein wesentlicher Grund für die Entstehung der Katholischen Soziallehre im 19. Jahrhundert war die Liberalismuskritik, besonders im Blick auf den sogenannten...

Staatsverschuldung und Zukunftschancen der kommenden Generation – eine Problemanalyse aus sozialethischer Perspektive / Fragen eines Bürgers zur Staatsverschuldung

This document is the result of the Rural Territorial Dynamics Program, implemented by Rimisp in several Latin American countries in collaboration with numerous partners. The program has been supported by the International Development Research Center (IDRC, Canada). We authorize the...

Grande il merito di chi ha progettato e reso possibile la ristampa, impreziosita con utili note esplicative, dell’importante ma sfortunato saggio “Delle virtù e dei premi” di Giacinto Dragonetti, pubblicato anonimo a Napoli nel 1766 e poi ristampato l’anno successivo a Venezia e nella...

This essay pursues a threefold purpose: first, to sketch the historical period that provides the backdrop to the formation of Franciscan economic thought; second, to set out the principles governing that doctrine, highlighting its originality and its relevance to the real problems of the day;...

In questo wp tratterò di tre questioni principali. Dapprima, mi occuperò di portare ragioni a sostegno della tesi secondo cui lo sviluppo locale necessita, nelle attuali condizioni storiche, di banche del territorio, come appunto sono le BCC. Passerò poi a discutere quali difficoltà...

This title appears exactly 20 years after the publication of Altruism, Morality and Economic Theory, an important volume edited by E.S. Phelps which contains the proceeding of a conference where social scientists and philosophers met to speculate on the roles that altruism and morality play in...

This eloquent book analyses the theory of the cooperative form of enterprise from an historic perspective, whilst assessing its appeal in the current economic environment.