The use of the figure of Robinson Crusoe as an exemplar of rational economic man may be viewed as of no significance whatsoever, or as very significant in the creation of the meaning of the economic agent. This paper discusses two alternative views of feminist economists. Some feminist...

Tension exists between national accounting practice (in which capital gains are not counted as part of national income), and the theory of national income definition and interpretation (in which capital gains are often argued to be a component of national income). Much of this theoretical work...

This paper analyses the organising approach to unionisation. We advance a model proposing that organising occurs incrementally through a three-stage process which is facilitated by psychological/ideological, structural and experiential factors. The model is further explored using Australian...

This paper provides an introduction to the use of genetic algo- rithms for financial optimisation. The aim is to give the reader a basic understanding of the computational aspects of these algorithms and how they can be applied to decision making in finance and investment. Genetic algorithms are...