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Distributing the European structural and investment funds from a conflicting claims approach
In order to support economic development across all European Union regions, €351.8 billion –almost a third of the total EU budget– has been set aside...
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Compatibility and complementarity between institutional and post-Keynesian economics: a literature review with a particular focus on methodology
The objective of this article is to carry out a review of the links between institutional and post-Keynesian economics, in order to raise the...
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Alexander the Great, Bactria and Indo-Greek States: 327 BC to 10 AD
This chapter details Alexander’s conquest of India and investigates Greek influences in the sub-continent before and after his invasion that...
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A Christian Approach to Interest
This chapter relates Christian beliefs to interest and the modern banking system, and discusses how ethical approaches to interest have developed...
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The Myth of the Framework and the Modes of Thought in Economics
In this chapter I deal with the impact of the historical epistemology of the styles of scientific reasoning on the analysis of communication...
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Economic calculation and instruments of interpretation
Entrepreneurs must cope with uncertainty in attempting to mutually orient their expectations and plans with others in the market. Prices provide a...
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The Concept of Interest: Meaning and History
The chapter presents the literal meaning of the word interest and the changes in it throughout history and scrutinizes its ascribed meaning as an...
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On Some Dissenting Views: “Post-Keynesians” and Hyman Minsky
The various oppositions to Keynes surveyed in the previous chapters—the Monetarists, the Austrians and the New Classical macroeconomists—encountered...
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The Enlightenment: From Leonardo to Galileo
In the years from 1550 to 1750 CE an important illusion was demolished, namely the embedded historic idea of geo-centrism, that the Earth is the...
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Classic Maya Tribute as a Social Register
This chapter considers monetary value among the Classic Maya. As I have argued in previous papers, there is growing evidence that the Maya used...
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Organizational Learning Versus Individual Learning in the Organization
This chapter critically discusses the existing literature on organizational learning. This critical analysis aims to provide evidence for the...
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On the role of social rules in economic development: historical perspectives
This paper explores the role of social rules in economic development. It reviews the historical evidence on social rules and their linkages with...
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Christian Humanism: Fatherhood, Economics, and Relational Ontology
In continuity with the first two chapters of the second part, Giulio Maspero’s thesis is that the cultural dimensions to which one must turn in order...
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The Evolution of Exchange Process
There exists an ambiguous attitude in economic theory toward referring to the details of exchange mechanisms as a social system. To date, in...
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Cities: The New Form of International Environmental Governance
Traditionally, international environmental agreements have taken the form of national bilateral or multilateral commitments made by the national...
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