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models in Welfare Economics, General Equilibrium Theory, Information Economics and Game Theory have created the necessity to … integrate the neoclassical theory of free markets and the insti-tutional theory. It argues that while the main goal of economics … contributions of the free markets, and of neoclassical economics which have seriously influenced the digital and financial …
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This paper discusses the conceptualization of network in Manuel Castells’ theory of network society. Castells’ early academic works were built on the structural analysis of capitalism and social movements in response to the contradictions of capitalist society, without any explicit...
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This thesis consists of three essays on the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland, reverse causation between these two dimensions of the integration process, and the role of host society culture. Whereas each dimension is usually examined separately, this study proposes a...
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The monography considers laws and mechanisms of social development from positions of positivism, dialectic materialism and the theory of systems. The methodology of the author is based on causality in relations of a society and social institutes. Social development is considered as result of...
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Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some principles of Potterian economics are consistent with economists …’ models. Many others, however, are distorted and contain numerous inaccuracies, which contradict professional economists …’ views and insights, and contribute to the general public’s biases, ignorance, and lack of understanding of economics. …
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This paper presents an empirical analysis of the macro employment effects of the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act as amended. The results indicate mixed effects on the legislation on older workers and workers of traditional retirement age.
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objective of these studies is to explore and address a variety of issues and features of the discipline of economics …. This is done by collecting and analyzing data on numerous aspects of the undergraduate economics curriculum, economics as a … discipline, and economics as applied in the real world. The overall purpose of these studies is to inform ongoing debates …
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About fifty years after the independence of most former colonies on the African continent, books on African nationalism again rank high on the agenda of the international academic discussion. A selection of three recent publications demonstrates the advances made in scholarly analysis in the...
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, who emphasised the human values and ethics in the discipline of economics. For him the nature and purpose of economic … activity is different from what is prescribed in the conventional economics. By conventional economics we mean the mainstream … economics inherited from the West. The present paper attempts to examine the economic philosophy of Rao in the light of his …
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China’s entry into the world trade, investment and production system and the economic growth of the last four decades have culminated in a rigid labour market duality that is based on the division of the urban-rural residential registry system, hukou. A migrant labour population has been...
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