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A Comparison of Privatization in Capitalist and Socialist Countries
Cameron, Colleen W. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 19 (1992) 6, pp. 55-60
Reports intensive country studies conducted for a sample of ten countries – five historically socially planned and five predominantly market economies – for comparative analyses of socioeconomic‐political characteristics prior to privatization. Purpose was to discern if there were any...
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The Muslim Republics of the CIS
Alam Choudhury, Masudul - In: International Journal of Social Economics 21 (1994) 5/6, pp. 3-32
Discusses the present‐day economic trans‐formation sponsored by the IMF in the direction of privatization in the Commonwealth of Independent States. Chooses as case study the Muslim CIS bloc as the perfect example of the fiasco of the prescriptions of structural transformation by the...
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A Note on Misconceptions about Market and Non‐market Economies
Raiklin, Ernest; Yousefi, Mahmood - In: International Journal of Social Economics 21 (1994) 5/6, pp. 56-60
economic analysis is wrong in denying the existence of markets and capitalism to certain modern societies (e.g. the former …, China, Cuba and others may be characterized as totalitarian state capitalism.  …
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Economy of post‐Communist capitalism under the financial crisis
Papava, Vladimer - In: Studies in Economics and Finance 27 (2010) 2, pp. 135-147
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to distinguish the economic foundations of post‐Communist capitalism and to …/methodology/approach – This question is approached by studying the “necroeconomy” as a phenomenon of post‐Communist capitalism and the … countries of post‐Communist capitalism owing also to their exposure to necroeconomy. Findings – It is found that the financial …
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Positive Wirtschaftsanalyse oder normativer Wirtschaftsentwurf?
Kremser, Christian E. W. - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 67 (2018) 2, pp. 219-245
Abstract Many people consider Adam Smith the first economist to describe the functioning of capitalism. In fact, Smith … must be considered less the discoverer of capitalism, but rather as its inventor. The economic laws Smith formulated are …
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Adam Smith und die Bankenregulierung Ein Widerspruch zu einer sonst liberalen Wirtschaftspolitik?
Kremser, Christian E. W. - In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 63 (2014) 3, pp. 293-328
Abstract Proponents of liberal economic policies in the financial market often refer to the moral and economic authority of Adam Smith, the founder of economics as a science, to add weight to their recommendations. They think, they can do so, because Adam Smith is in these circles considered a...
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Agency theory and financial crime: the paradox of the opportunistic executive
Dion, Michel - In: Journal of Financial Crime 23 (2016) 3, pp. 574-587
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to philosophically address the issue of managerial opportunism and to describe the paradox of the opportunistic executive, particularly when the CEO could be considered as a “criminal-to-be”. Design/methodology/approach It will be seen to what extent...
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Adam Smith: egalitarian or anti-egalitarian?
Niimura, Satoshi - In: International Journal of Social Economics 43 (2016) 9, pp. 888-903
Purpose There has been controversy about whether Adam Smith is an economic egalitarian because he expresses at least four distinct views on equality, in two of which, he approves of inequality, and in the other two, he claims otherwise. The purpose of this paper is to isolate and consider these...
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Reading “Adam Smith”
Alvey, Jim - In: International Journal of Social Economics 26 (1999) 4, pp. 583-585
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Economics as a Moral Science
McNamara, Peter - In: International Journal of Social Economics 26 (1999) 5, pp. 226-229
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