Communism has been responsible for the deaths of perhaps 100 million or more people, not to mention the countless survivors whose lives have been made miserable because of it. Karl Marx was one of the principal architects of what we now call communism. What would the world be like today if Marx...

Voters punish incumbent Presidential candidates for contractions in the local (county-level) supply of mortgage credit during market-wide contractions of credit, but they do not reward them for expansions in mortgage credit supply in boom times. Our primary focus is the Presidential election of...

It is a first stage address to the potential (e-)readers of the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) and International Journal of Sociology Study (IJSS) in order to invite them to be co-operands within a collective effort to identify the ‘Heritage, Challenge, Perspective' through their own...

This study is focused on (re)searching an answer to the question: * WHY DOES NOT THE RATIO POVERTY/WELFARE WORK as a dynamically pro-market reform indicator, into the contemporary MARKET and ECONOMY? A two stage answering-approach (as below # and ## paragraphs show) is proposed: # If (a) [simple...

Through a mythical case study students are introduced into basic concepts of statistics. The case study also provides the opportunity for students to perform simple exercises using these concepts. Part I explores the concepts of means, medians and modes, and discusses the uses and limitations of...

Acest studiu este rezultatul interdisciplinar si organizatoric recent (15-17 august 2013) al dezbaterilor, (re)formularilor, redactarii curente si a reviziei agregarii textelor/interventiilor ce au tins spre explicarea/intelegerea conceptelor operationale de: Bioplatforme, Eco-Bio-Geo-Economie,...

There is the possibility to affirm on a very surprising (methodological) equivalence, beyond a historian space-time, between two important attempts toward the forever difficult "problem solving": I: Consolation of Philosophy, by Roman philosopher and mathematician Boetius (ca. 480–524 or 525),...

The humankind wisdom is supposed to be a related and open-deeper turning point. An equivalent type of statement may be referred to generosity, creativity, solidarity. Homo Sapiens, as a species, is distinguished clearly from other species by their socio-cultural nature, drawing on a deep inner...

Economic sanctions are intended to cause pain to the target country or, in the case of smart sanctions, to particular individuals or groups. Over the years, two basic views have emerged on the ethics of employing economic sanctions. One view applies utilitarian ethics to justify sanctions while...