This article highlights the concept of human rights within the general model of the Developmental State (DS) approached from a political and economic perspective. The study reveals the conceptual inadequacy of the old model of DS in developing and enhancing the implementation of human rights...

The present paper analyzes the links that exist between Adam Smith's thought and Amartya Sen's one with the aim of presenting a definition of globalization which shows how global market could be a potential instrument to promote socio-economic development. The definition of globalization here...

We present a simple model in which the transition from Malthusian stagnation to modern growth can occur. Agents are endowed with full control over their fertility but, differently from other studies, the degree of agents' altruism which mainly affects fertility choices are allowed to change with...