Since the dawn of their prolific collaboration in 1998, Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson have confronted a plethora of cardinal questions in social sciences: Which institutions support long-term growth (Acemoglu et al., 2005)? What economic conditions facilitate the consolidation of...

"Karl Polanyi is one of the most influential social scientists of our era. A report of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) begins by noting that we are in a "Polanyi era": a time of dangerously unregulated markets, where the greatest need for decisive political action...

"Economic inequality is one of the most daunting challenges of our time, with public debate often turning to questions of whether it is an inevitable outcome of economic systems and what, if anything, can be done about it. But why, exactly, should inequality worry us? The Greatest of All Plagues...

Nach westlicher Überzeugung geht das Individuum der Gemeinschaft voraus und nutzt Letztere lediglich zum eigenen Vorteil, um jene Güter produzieren zu können, die es benötigt – woraus dann eine progressive Ökonomie entstehe. Die Geschichte des Robinson Crusoe veranschaulicht diese...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show the benefits of bridging the gap between supply chain management (SCM) and political philosophy to challenge the underlying assumptions about SCM concepts and open doors to novel theory building. Design/methodology/approach A thought experiment is...

Rapidly rising carbon emissions from the intense development of Western Canada's fossil fuels continue to aggravate the global climate emergency and destabilize democratic structures. The urgency of the situation demands not only scholarly understanding, but effective action. Regime of...

In health economics, the distinction between welfarism and extra-welfarism has been employed to discuss various epistemological and normative differences between health evaluation approaches. However, a clear consensus on the definition of either welfarism, extra-welfarism, or the differences...

Rapidly rising carbon emissions from the intense development of Western Canada’s fossil fuels continue to aggravate the global climate emergency and destabilize democratic structures. The urgency of the situation demands not only scholarly understanding, but effective action. Regime of...

"The Liberalism Trap identifies a methodological problem in contemporary political theory: focus on liberalism has become an interpretive custom directing engagements with politics. Though scholars have long analysed the meaning, merits, successes or failings of liberalism, little attention is...

This chapter presents the theoretical framework and research design of the book. Drawing on cleavage theory, we argue that the new fault lines around globalization can no longer be captured along the classic redistributional left-right axis. From debates in political philosophy, we infer a...

"The essays in this volume analyse the relationship between core concepts of the common good and the work of American political philosopher John Rawls. One of the main criticisms that has been made of Rawls is his supposed neglect of central aspects of collective life. The contributors to this...

"Raymond Geuss is a critic of liberalism, a politics so pervasive in the West that it goes unnoticed. His attention sharpened by his own unorthodox intellectual journey, Geuss locates what we fail to see in the status quo: its shallowness and futility. Rejecting both authoritarian horror and...

"What is the relationship between politics and economics? Many of today's most pressing political issues are economic in nature. Whether it is the question of the distribution of wealth in society or the extent to which international commerce should be encouraged, politics and economics are...

Section 1: Philosophical foundations and normative approaches for business management -- Chapter 1: What should business ethics be? Aims, methodology, substance – by Brian Berkey -- Chapter 2: Philosophical challenges in development of ethical perspective in business – by Dušan Kučera --...

Cover -- Einleitung -- 1.1 Stand der Forschung -- 1.2 Forschungsdefizite und Problemstellung -- 1.3 Aufbau der Arbeit und methodische Herangehensweise -- 2 Exploration des Untersuchungsgegenstands: Das Phänomen Big Data -- 2.1 Begriffliche Grundlagen: Ursprung und Charakteristika von Big Data...

"This is a book about the American Dream: how to understand this central principle of American public philosophy, the ways in which it is threatened by a number of winner-take-all economic trends, and how to make it a reality for workers and their families in the 21st Century. Integrating...

1. Epistemology and Methodology -- 2. Microeconomics -- 3. Labor Economics -- 4. Macroeconomics -- 5. International Economics -- 6. Political Philosophy -- 7. Law -- 8. Public Policy -- 9. Final Thoughts.