Poche tematiche in economia politica hanno ricevuto più attenzione di quella concernente la dimensione e la crescita dell'intervento pubblico nella sfera dei rapporti economici.

Ever since A. Smith reasoned about men's Moral Sentiments, as well as the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations, the relation between ethics and economics has been an issue of scholarly interest.

The paper explores the norms and values supporting the market as a social institution,seeking to outline them explicitly. After this, it addresses the following questions: what dimensions of value in things, relationships and persons are acknowledged or ignored by the norms of the market?...

After a brief description of the diversity of development experiences in the post-warperiod, the paper considers the three most important lessons stemming from those experiences. An explanation of the contrast between grassroots and macro development performance is then offered together with a...

After reviewing recent and less recent literature on altruism and selfishness, the paper discusses in detail the isuue of the relevance og altuistic motivations, as opposed to self-interest, in a well grounded theory of rational choice. The main point is that a proper dynamical analysis of the...

The best way to think of the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy is as a traverse from one growth path to another. However, question of traverse are as yet relatively understudied as are issues of disequilibrium dynamics of a market or a planned system. The economics of...

The present essay addresses the question of whether or not economics can usefully progress without establishing a special link with philosophy. It aims to provide an overview for a broad audience of working economists and to suggest possibilities for research to those with specific interests in...

Il saggio svolge un'analisi critica della versione individualista della dottrina liberale dei diritti, a partire dalla considerazione delle conseguenze che discendono dalla negazione del concetto di bene comune. Viene poi esaminata la debolezza della teoria neocontrattualista a fornire un...