The author discusses globalisation form multiple perspectives. He emphasises that globalisation certainly reduces poverty in absolute sense while increases poverty in a relative sense. There are important risks inherent in the process of globalisation, which include hyper-competition, treat to...

Grande il merito di chi ha progettato e reso possibile la ristampa, impreziosita con utili note esplicative, dell’importante ma sfortunato saggio “Delle virtù e dei premi” di Giacinto Dragonetti, pubblicato anonimo a Napoli nel 1766 e poi ristampato l’anno successivo a Venezia e nella...

This essay pursues a threefold purpose: first, to sketch the historical period that provides the backdrop to the formation of Franciscan economic thought; second, to set out the principles governing that doctrine, highlighting its originality and its relevance to the real problems of the day;...

In questo wp tratterò di tre questioni principali. Dapprima, mi occuperò di portare ragioni a sostegno della tesi secondo cui lo sviluppo locale necessita, nelle attuali condizioni storiche, di banche del territorio, come appunto sono le BCC. Passerò poi a discutere quali difficoltà...

A Budapesti Corvinus Egyetemen 2014. november 12-én, a Gazdaság és Erkölcs című konferencián tartott angol nyelvű előadás leirata. (Political economy and civil economy: a critical assessment of two economic paradigms)

Poche tematiche in economia politica hanno ricevuto più attenzione di quella concernente la dimensione e la crescita dell'intervento pubblico nella sfera dei rapporti economici.

Ever since A. Smith reasoned about men's Moral Sentiments, as well as the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations, the relation between ethics and economics has been an issue of scholarly interest.

The paper explores the norms and values supporting the market as a social institution,seeking to outline them explicitly. After this, it addresses the following questions: what dimensions of value in things, relationships and persons are acknowledged or ignored by the norms of the market?...

After a brief description of the diversity of development experiences in the post-warperiod, the paper considers the three most important lessons stemming from those experiences. An explanation of the contrast between grassroots and macro development performance is then offered together with a...

After reviewing recent and less recent literature on altruism and selfishness, the paper discusses in detail the isuue of the relevance og altuistic motivations, as opposed to self-interest, in a well grounded theory of rational choice. The main point is that a proper dynamical analysis of the...