Behind my reciprocation of a friend's gift may lie both instrumental reasons (I expect further future gifts) and `communicative' reasons (I want to establish or confirm a friendship per se). In a theory of rational individual action, such `communicative' reasons can be incorporated as an...

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...

This paper illustrates the significance of revisiting the idea of public happiness today, by briefly discussing recent contributions, some of which appeared in the IREC review. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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...