The effects of the financial crisis that began in 2007 are still being felt in the global economy. Despite the fact that its low point was apparently reached, the economic recovery will last long, with an economic growth below potential and a gradual decrease of unemployment over several years....

This is a paper that draws the attention on the possible solutions needed to improve the quality of life. People’s quality of life should be studied in terms of the social facets of the concept, which combine the micro, mezzo and macro – social levels; it starts with the individual and then...

The Romanian economy has been for a long time based on household consumption, as the private consumption accounts for more than 60% of GDP. The dependence between GDP and private consumption is of great importance for macroeconomic policies and has been extensively analyzed through econometric...

This paper presents some effects of the current international economic and financial crisis on the main macroeconomic variables. For this purpose, are valued the direct and indirect influences, on short and mediumterm, of the crisis on direct investment, on employment, on the non-governmental...