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Personalist Economics: Unorthodox and Counter-Cultural

O'Boyle, Edward - In: Review of Social Economy 59 (2001) 4, pp. 367-393

There are two reasons why personalist economics lies outside the mainstream. Personalist economics (1) rejects the premises of mainstream economics, and (2) takes exception to certain dominant values of today's culture whereas the mainstream is much more at ease with contemporary Western...

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Individuality on fashion diffusion: Differentiation versus independence

Park, Kyungae - In: Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management: An … 2 (1998) 4, pp. 352-360

Individuality (a desire for differentiation and a behaviour of non‐conformity) appears to be a motivation for the … adoption of fashion innovation. However, the concept of individuality is bi‐dimensional with a desire for differentiation and a … docs not necessarily show fashion innovativeness. This study examines the bi‐dimensional concept of individuality and …

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Inequality, Unemployment and Contemporary Europe

Sen, Amartya - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 1997

Inequality of incomes can differ substantially from inequality in other 'spaces' such as well-being, freedom, health, longevity, and quality of life. Given the massive sclae of unemployment in contemporary European economies, concentrating only on income inequality can be particularly deceptive...

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Prologue to The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies

Page, Scott E. - Princeton University Press

individuality. Page shows how groups that display a range of perspectives outperform groups of like-minded experts. Diversity yields …

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