The paper critically analyses Mark Granovetter's popular concept of embeddedness. It is shown that this notion is based on a simplistic, overly narrow view of social relations and social structures. An alternative view overcoming those weaknesses is put forward

The paper analyses a number of philosophical dimensions and implications of Max Weber's theories. Those notions and statements may be also classified as belonging to the epistemological and anthropological foundations of economics. It is demonstrated that, contrary to accepted wisdom, he cannot...

The paper reconsiders the famous Weberian thesis on the origin of capitalism as having its roots in the Calvinist ethics of work.In light of historical evidence cited in the paper, the thesis cannot be sustained.The main source of what has come be called "the capitalist spirit" was social rather...

While recent economic processes, including those involved in the global crisis have many important financial aspects to them that deserve scrutiny, only one of those phenomena, i.e. debt, could be chosen as the subject of the present study. The aforementioned phenomenon will be considered at two...