1. From pre-history to the Crusades -- 2. From the Crusades to the Renaissance -- 3. The Protestant work ethic and the rise of capitalism as Gods work -- 4. The Enlightenment: From Leonardo to Galileo -- 5. The rise of the East India Trading Companies -- 6. The “glorious revolution” and the...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Social Needs. The Raison D'être of the Third Sector -- Chapter 3. The Features of “social” Bonds -- Chapter 4. Social Issues: Aid From Finance -- Chapter 5. The Social Market -- Chapter 6. The Italian Case -- Chapter 7. Conclusions.

On July 7, 2005, the Faculty of Economics of the University of Göttingen awarded Nobel Prize winning economist Amartya Sen with an honorary doctorate in economics in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the fields of welfare and development economics. On the occasion of the award,...

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