Frequently, the professors of economy or the authors of texts think that it is enough with relating certain experiences, to mention certain historical data, to declare some truths to raise the interest of the possible listeners or readers. This attitude comes from a misunderstanding, very...

This paper is based on an “interview” I did for publons on how I approach refereeing for academic/scholarly journals. The paper covers a broad range of issues across topics including: managing invitations; writing the review; and open reviews. The views are my own, based on a career spanning...

In Behavioral Economics approach, don't exist a perfect rationality to a model, but depends on limits on rationality, willpower, self-interest, and attention, where theories should be judged by the accuracy of their predictions, and not by the accuracy of their assumptions

This paper re-examines the origins of Paul A. Samuelson's Foundations of Economic Analysis (1947), a book that helped define the way economic theory was undertaken for many years after its publication. Material taken from Samuelson's own papers and other archives is used to elaborate and correct...

This elaboration starts by deciphering modern science as a social subsystem being loosely coupled to the rest of society (section 2.1). Additionally, the way in which modern (monistic) economics was generated within this subsystem will be sketched (section 2.2). This will be contrasted with the...

The innovation is a main variable of the economic growth, but the origin and diffusion of innovations are functions of several variables. For this reason, the contributions of other disciplines have been used to understand in depth its behaviour and spatial-temporal dynamic. The aim of this...

To contribute to the economic understanding of alternative food-grain policy options for Morocco, examines the fiscal implications of instituting, in addition to the current soft wheat subsidy, a consumer and producer subsidy in the related markets of hard wheat and barley. Subsidizing the two...

Discusses extensions to traditional theories of economic demand, emphasizing in particular the derived nature of demand for many consumers, as well as capital goods, and the influence of time on consumption. Ains to provide valuable predictions about consumer behaviour in order to and...

To contribute to the economic understanding of alternative food‐grain policy options for Morocco, examines the fiscal implications of instituting, in addition to the current soft wheat subsidy, a consumer and producer subsidy in the related markets of hard wheat and barley. Subsidizing the two...