Two main paradigms split the core of the debate on governance structures: the maxi-minimizing and the satisfacing paradigms. Some differences between the two has been hidden by the (only apparently) similarity of the quot;maximumquot; and quot;maximalquot; concepts. If the maximizing behavior...

According to the standard narrative, economics is an objective and scientific study of universal laws applicable to economic affairs of modern societies. After a brief introduction, the second section of the paper presents a counter-narrative which disputes this claim, and provides an...

According to the standard narrative, economics is an objective and scientific study of universal laws applicable to economic affairs of modern societies. After a brief introduction, the second section of the paper presents a counter-narrative which disputes this claim, and provides an...

Arabic Abstract: تقدم الورقة إجابات مختصرة ومركزة عن التساؤلات المقدمة من هيئة تحرير المجلة؛ التي تتمحور حول انطلاقة البناء المنهجي للاقتصاد الإسلامي ومرتكزاته. تؤكد...

Arabic Abstract: أدى غياب مفهوم المنهجية (methodology)، الذي هو جزء من فلسفة المعرفة epistemology))، في البناء المعرفي لعلوم الاقتصاد الإسلامي إلى بناء مناهج الإنتاج المعرفي ( المنهج...

Arabic Abstract: يُسجل هذا التعقيب ست ملاحظات منهجية على ورقة منتدى النقاش الرئيسة "المفارقة المنهجية في الخطاب الاقتصادي السائد". تتفق الملاحظات مع صاحب الورقة في رفض...

Spanish Abstract: El artículo presenta una revisión de los experimentos realizados sobre bienes públicos apoyados en el mecanismo de contribución voluntaria. La evidencia empírica existente muestra que los individuos no son solo los seres egoístas y competitivos que supone la teoría...

The object of research is the concept of management. Since the seventies of the twentieth century, the practice of management has been using the basic, modern management concept of management (MMC), which appeared in the West as a result of the generalization of private management concepts. It...

Efficient progress of the monetary theory of production (MTP) is hampered by an unsatisfactory account of how profit and interest emerge in the monetary circuit. As matter of fact this question puzzled already the Classics. It seems evident that it cannot be answered by applying the usual tools....

Massive amounts of confusion exists regarding the definition of Islamic Economics. This has blocked progress in terms of the development of the discipline, since there is no agreement on what its proper subject matter and methodology is. This paper shows that the confusion arises because of our...