The capitalist economic order, which involves the allocation of resources driven by the profit motive, is the most efficient of economic orders. However, it will not work without advanced finances. Insider corporations have no interest in the creation of a modern and flexible financial system,...

It is obvious that the pension system needs long-term reforms. We are suggesting a pension system based on so-called points, which may contribute to the solution of the long-term financing problems. The essence of the system is that the points collected during the insured period, the average...

The intense innovational activity typical of the financial sector in the last 30 years requires households to have increasingly comprehensive and complex financial knowledge. The main objective of our study, therefore, was to assess and evaluate risk management activity, which is an integral...

The paper presents how landslide changes taking place in the 20th century have created a pressure towards lifelong financial planning. Technological advances resulting in high productivity; the polarisation of income and wealth; the changing economic and political role of the state; the...