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Could Homo Oeconomicus Become a Revolutionary? : On the Need to Teach and Practice a Different Economics
Deville, Philippe; Arnsperger, Christian - 2012
of the notion of revolution. We are thus led to the intermediary conclusion that the neoclassical paradigm is …
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Eurydice at Euston?: Walter Benjamin and Marc Augé Go Underground
Gilloch, Graeme - In: Societies 4 (2014) 1, pp. 16-29
Taking as its point of departure Walter Benjamin’s repeatedly unsuccessful attempt to give spatial form to his past, this paper suggests that it is perhaps the contemporary French anthropologist, Marc Augé, who provides the most appropriate envisioning of a ‘map of memories’ in his brief...
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The dynamics of revolutions
Michaeli, Moti; Nicolaievsky Spiro, Daniel - 2016
classes of revolutions that have been observed historically and earlier models cannot explain: 1) a revolution where the most … extreme opponents of the regime protest fiercely and gradually recruit more moderate dissidents; 2) a revolution where … moderates, or regime insiders, lead the way and gradually recruit more extreme regime opponents; 3) a revolution where those who …
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The dynamics of revolutions
Michaeli, Moti; Spiro, Daniel - 2016
classes of revolutions that have been observed historically and earlier models cannot explain: 1) a revolution where the most … extreme opponents of the regime protest fiercely and gradually recruit more moderate dissidents; 2) a revolution where … moderates, or regime insiders, lead the way and gradually recruit more extreme regime opponents; 3) a revolution where those who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585172
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Culture, Society and Economic Theory
Jackson, William A. - In: Review of Political Economy 5 (1993) 4, pp. 453-469
of culture as a process, which avoids a static separation of structure and agency. The same principle underlies some …
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Sen is not a capability theorist
Baujard, Antoinette; Gilardone, Muriel - Groupe d'Analyse et de Théorie Économique Lyon … - 2015
This paper aims to show that, contrary to the standard understanding of his work, Sen’s idea of justice does not consist in the defense of a capability theory. Under the dominant capability-centered view, Sen’s idea of justice is indeed characterized principally by a switch of focus from...
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Foundations of the economic and social history of the United States: Metaphysical
Albers, Scott - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
"Oppositional Analysis" - the name I give to the metaphysics presented in this volume - proposes a number of dichotomies through which one may analyze and understand systematically the structure of every level of reality. Macroeconomic theory, as well as social research, are two excellent stages...
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Mentalism versus behaviourism in economics: a philosophy-of-science perspective
Dietrich, Franz; List, Christian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Behaviourism is the view that preferences, beliefs, and other mental states in social-scienti�c theories are auxiliary constructs re-describing people's behav- ioural dispositions. Mentalism is the view that they capture real phenomena, no less existent than the unobservable entities and...
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Fractional Reserve Banking as Economic Parasitism: A Scientific, Mathematical & Historical Expose, Critique, and Manifesto
Nuri, Vladimir Z. - EconWPA - 2002
This paper looks at the history of money and its modern form from a scientific and mathematical point of view. The approach here is to emphasize simplicity. A straightforward model and algebraic formula for a large economy analogous to the ideal gas law of thermodynamics is proposed. It may be...
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Qualifiziert für die Zukunft? Zur Pluralität der wirtschaftsjournalistischen Ausbildung in Deutschland
Sagvosdkin, Valentin - 2021
Angesichts komplexer wirtschaftlicher und wirtschaftspolitischer Fragen steht der Wirtschaftsjournalismus vor der Herausforderung, mit vielfältigen Perspektiven zu einer demokratischen Meinungsbildung beizutragen. Indes steht er durch zahlreiche Studien in der Kritik, dem Anspruch nach Vielfalt...
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