Philosophy of current knowledge distinguishes facts from values. It maintains that facts areobjective, indisputable, universally verifiable, and do not require to persuade. Since rhetoricis persuasion it is assumed to be deceptive and overlook reality. Therefore, statistics in itscurrent form...

Young adult literature (YAL) is an important and necessary part of moral upbringing in teenagers and young adult lives The present study seeks to investigate the effect of young adult literature on the morals of students in high school. The study utilizedthe quasiexperimental cum survey design...

This essay defines economics as a social science characterized by a particular and evolving way of thinking, and explores its scope and limitations. It is argued that economics has a strong normative nature and that it is ideological by construction. Thus, economics is better suited to improve...

Der ökonomische Imperialismus kann als ein Programm des epistemischen Reframings aller menschlichen Lebensbereiche begriffen werden. Diese Entgrenzung erreicht er über eine vollständige Abstraktion von spezifischen gelebten Erfahrungen und die Reformulierung dieser Erfahrung durch die...

Abstract This author sheds some light on the theoretical arguments on the use of selectivity and uniformity of trade policy in trade and industrialization for targeting industries and firms and provides a brief historical review of practices of developed countries and East Asian countries with...

Der Beitrag zeigt, wie der Gemeinsinn vom bloßen Lückenbüßer in Krisenzeiten zum dynamischen Fundament unserer Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft avancieren kann. Dafür entwickelt und visualisiert die Autorin ein neues Erkenntnisparadigma, das verkrustete ökonomische Denk- und Handlungsweisen...

The present crisis has revealed that around the globe we are often only able to react to crises when it is (almost) too late. This paper addresses and explains the mono-structure of thought that has led to this predicament and delineates a new model of cognition capable of creating a new...

Der Beitrag zeigt, wie der Gemeinsinn vom bloßen Lückenbüßer in Krisenzeiten zum dynamischen Fundament unserer Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft avancieren kann. Dafür entwickelt und visualisiert die Autorin ein neues Erkenntnisparadigma, das verkrustete ökonomische Denk- und Handlungsweisen...

Discussion of cooperatives abounded in early twentieth century economics textbooks, but is virtually absent from their modern counterparts. In this paper, I assemble a dataset of economics textbooks used at the University of Helsinki during 1905-2005 and examine how the treatment of cooperatives...