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.

No question has more intrigued the minds of scholars of economic thought throughout history than that of the nature and meaning of time. The articles in this insightful collection attempt to provide satisfactory answers to fundamental issues on the use of time in economic theory. These volumes...

This paper illustrates the significance of revisiting the idea of public happiness today, by briefly discussing recent contributions, some of which appeared in the IREC review. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014