Economists and theologians usually inhabit different intellectual worlds. Economists investigate the workings of markets and tend to set ethical questions aside. Theologians, anxious to take up concerns raised by market outcomes, often dismiss economics and lose insights into the influence of...

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1​. To Serve God or Mammon? The Dialogue between Theology and Economics -- 2. The Rational Choice Model and Its Limitations -- 3. Happiness and the Distinctively Human Exercise of Practical Reason: The Metaphysical Backdrop -- 4....

My assignment today is to comment on Community Issues that are likely to emerge during thetransition to a bioeconomy. There are many issues and some myths that are drivers of change inthis transition. World hunger, biotechnology, food versus fuel, and indirect land use; organic,natural, local...

"China's transformation from a poor and underdeveloped country into a global market power has profoundly altered its socioeconomic power relations with the other countries in the Greater China region, namely, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Indeed, this economic shift has resulted in the massive flow of...

The ECB Working Paper Series seeks to disseminate economic research on issues that are relevant to the various tasks and functions of the ECB. The Series invites submissions of research work by ECB staff and visitors. Papers by researchers not affiliated with the ECB may also be considered for...