Nobel laureates in economics make their most important and creative contributionsbetween the ages of 29 and 38. The average creative age of Nobel economists is slightly belowthat of laureates in physics, and considerably younger than that of laureates in chemistry andmedicine/physiology. The...

This discussion paper resulted in a publication in 'Economica', 2008, 75(300), pages 782-796.<P> Alphabetic name ordering on multi-authored academic papers_new, which is the convention in theeconomics discipline and various other disciplines, is to the advantage of people whose lastname initials...</p>

Amartya Sen (1933-) is one of the greatest scholars who studied the relationship between ethics and economics and was held the Nobel Economics Prize thanks to this. At the awarding of the Nobel prize, while talking about his studies, the motive was: “...has been highly instrumental in...

After the Keynesian social policies achieved an unprecedented increase in the material standard of living under state-managed welfare capitalism, the neo-liberal counter-revolution appeared following economic and political turmoil in the 1970s. As it was in the 19th century, today liberal...

Academic economists have a strong influence on political discourse in Russia by delivering through courses of "Economic theory" and "Institutional economics" very harmful conceptual elements for political discourse. This article proposes to change radically these courses in such a way that,...

How is it that schools of economic factions have created rifts where economists cannot bare to be in the same room as one another. Investigation of this question examines fundamental economic theory and identifies the root cause of the rift is the perplexing disconnect between the scientific...

Nowadays many countries and governments must confront one of the most challenging food and health disasters ever to face human-kind: an epidemic of obesity. Even though several factors can lead to obesity, mostly food industry has been blamed for making people fat. Hence, this article provides a...

The profession of economics does not fulfill its social function to provide people a correct understanding of economic phenomena. In other words, the institution of economics does not work properly. George Soros makes this conclusion in his lectures at the Central European University (Soros,...

Liberal professions in Romania are going through a difficult period, of adapting to conditions in economic, financial, educational, moral and other crises specific to a transitional period from planned economy to a market economy, excessive competitive. In Romania, the economic field is disputed...

Independent national fiscal institutions can play a major role in fiscal policy and in maintaining and restoring sustainability of a country's public finance. This paper describes the role of CPB in Dutch fiscal policy and discusses its merits and risks. And to what extent can it provide...