Paul Bigioni, BIGIONI LLP - Innovation, Science and Economic
... destroy its competition, thereby depriving society of the economic benefits accruing from a free market. Market power is, however, more than this. It is, after all, power. As such, it is often wielded for purposes which are not merely economic in nature. This fact, ignored nowadays, was widely recog ...
... destroy its competition, thereby depriving society of the economic benefits accruing from a free market. Market power is, however, more than this. It is, after all, power. As such, it is often wielded for purposes which are not merely economic in nature. This fact, ignored nowadays, was widely recog ...
Economic Democracy in the 21 st Century
... necessary condition for its effective operation within the market system based on private property. Only a diagnosis as such of the crux of the problem facilitates realistic opportunities for a meaningful discussion on potential viable alternatives to the paradigm of contemporary socio-economic syst ...
... necessary condition for its effective operation within the market system based on private property. Only a diagnosis as such of the crux of the problem facilitates realistic opportunities for a meaningful discussion on potential viable alternatives to the paradigm of contemporary socio-economic syst ...
Do Democracies Have Different Public
... (2002) offer more interpretation of this variable, although for our purposes, it is not important whether this variable be interpreted as an effect of the legal system or as a proxy for a variety of things British. Public pensions are a big component of government spending, so it may be important to ...
... (2002) offer more interpretation of this variable, although for our purposes, it is not important whether this variable be interpreted as an effect of the legal system or as a proxy for a variety of things British. Public pensions are a big component of government spending, so it may be important to ...
Malaysia: Many Challenges to Wawasan 2020 Development Vision
... It is unlikely, however, that these cuts will, on their own, be sufficient to put Malaysia back on track to reach its Wawasan economic goals. New Economic Policy There are also concerns surrounding the need for reform in Malaysia’s economic policy. Current economic policy favours ethnic Malays or Bu ...
... It is unlikely, however, that these cuts will, on their own, be sufficient to put Malaysia back on track to reach its Wawasan economic goals. New Economic Policy There are also concerns surrounding the need for reform in Malaysia’s economic policy. Current economic policy favours ethnic Malays or Bu ...
Privatised Keynesianism: An Unacknowledged Policy Regime
... changes that takes place in pure markets prevents anything like a ‘shock’ from developing. There were several reasons why the problem could not be resolved that way. First, markets in the post-war economy did not start from a position of ‘purity’. Even if it is true that there are no endogenous shoc ...
... changes that takes place in pure markets prevents anything like a ‘shock’ from developing. There were several reasons why the problem could not be resolved that way. First, markets in the post-war economy did not start from a position of ‘purity’. Even if it is true that there are no endogenous shoc ...
"Reading Legitimation Crisis during the Meltdown." Keynote
... about the political or economic structures of their society. A "motivation crisis" occurs when motivational patterns important for the functioning of the system break down. As a striking illustration of these various crisis tendencies, consider a world-historic example that occurred more than a quar ...
... about the political or economic structures of their society. A "motivation crisis" occurs when motivational patterns important for the functioning of the system break down. As a striking illustration of these various crisis tendencies, consider a world-historic example that occurred more than a quar ...
Markets and democracy
... At the core of a democratic system lie regular, free and fair elections. By definition, fair democratic elections are uncertain events: before they are held, their outcome is unknown. After they have taken place, there is no guarantee that the winners will not exploit their victory to extract resourc ...
... At the core of a democratic system lie regular, free and fair elections. By definition, fair democratic elections are uncertain events: before they are held, their outcome is unknown. After they have taken place, there is no guarantee that the winners will not exploit their victory to extract resourc ...
democracy or military dictatorship: a choice of
... were observed for the period of 1950-1982. It was concluded that a significant correlation existed as growth rates showed decrease in periods of political Instability. Bardhan (1999) wrote on democracy-dictatorship relationship and concluded that democracies are better for private sector to prosper ...
... were observed for the period of 1950-1982. It was concluded that a significant correlation existed as growth rates showed decrease in periods of political Instability. Bardhan (1999) wrote on democracy-dictatorship relationship and concluded that democracies are better for private sector to prosper ...
Can Civil Liberties and the Legitimacy of a State be
... responsible method of encouraging growth in both economic and social terms, but as a universal value in itself. For if we all have a right to human rights, we must plainly recognise that “the universality of human rights not only refers to their universal applicability but also demands universal con ...
... responsible method of encouraging growth in both economic and social terms, but as a universal value in itself. For if we all have a right to human rights, we must plainly recognise that “the universality of human rights not only refers to their universal applicability but also demands universal con ...
2.1 Democracy and state capacity
... Second, dictators ruling over weak-capacity states may have incentives to conduct poor fiscal policy. Available resources for spending on productive public goods are reduced when dictators’ siphon wealth from the budget for personal consumption and paying their winning coalitions. This is far easie ...
... Second, dictators ruling over weak-capacity states may have incentives to conduct poor fiscal policy. Available resources for spending on productive public goods are reduced when dictators’ siphon wealth from the budget for personal consumption and paying their winning coalitions. This is far easie ...
Africa`s Growth Tragedy Revisited: Weak States, Strong Rulers
... Second, dictators ruling over weak-capacity states may have incentives to conduct poor fiscal policy. Available resources for spending on productive public goods are reduced when dictators’ siphon wealth from the budget for personal consumption and paying their winning coalitions. This is far easie ...
... Second, dictators ruling over weak-capacity states may have incentives to conduct poor fiscal policy. Available resources for spending on productive public goods are reduced when dictators’ siphon wealth from the budget for personal consumption and paying their winning coalitions. This is far easie ...
The Interrelationship between Democracy and Economic Growth
... education, travel, and other personal rights” (Barro, 1999, p. 160-162).Second, the Bollen index, which provides a data set for 1960, 1965 and 1980,used the same variables as the Gastil index and defines authoritarian and democratic regimes (Muller, 1995;Barro, 1996, 1999). Third, Gurr’s Polity inde ...
... education, travel, and other personal rights” (Barro, 1999, p. 160-162).Second, the Bollen index, which provides a data set for 1960, 1965 and 1980,used the same variables as the Gastil index and defines authoritarian and democratic regimes (Muller, 1995;Barro, 1996, 1999). Third, Gurr’s Polity inde ...
Venezuela and Chile: Two Opposite Paths of Democratic
... moved against the international trend. Modern democracy can be traced back to 1958, when the Pérez Jimenez dictatorship (1952-1958) came to an end. Pérez Jimenez was forced to resign after popular protests followed his decision to hold a plebiscite rather than elections in 1957. Eventually, a negot ...
... moved against the international trend. Modern democracy can be traced back to 1958, when the Pérez Jimenez dictatorship (1952-1958) came to an end. Pérez Jimenez was forced to resign after popular protests followed his decision to hold a plebiscite rather than elections in 1957. Eventually, a negot ...
correlates of the economist`s index of democracy
... Healthy life expectancy – Salomon et al. (IHME) HALE was calculated by extending the conventional life table that is used to translate a schedule of agespecific death rates into estimates of life expectancy at different ages. Information on the average level of health experienced over each age inte ...
... Healthy life expectancy – Salomon et al. (IHME) HALE was calculated by extending the conventional life table that is used to translate a schedule of agespecific death rates into estimates of life expectancy at different ages. Information on the average level of health experienced over each age inte ...
Social Democracy in the Globalized Post
... social costs of material prosperity. There are »social externalities« to the market process which are in danger of being neglected to an excessive extent. The concept of »social externalities« refers to the negative (restrictive or destructive) effects the economic process has on the non-commercial ...
... social costs of material prosperity. There are »social externalities« to the market process which are in danger of being neglected to an excessive extent. The concept of »social externalities« refers to the negative (restrictive or destructive) effects the economic process has on the non-commercial ...
The$Political$Economy$of$Ideas!
... accounts for state and institutional resistance to progressive ideas about economics, democracy, justice, or nature, even when they gain popularity and seem right for the times? When new ideas are pressed upon those in power by movements or influential groups, how are they filtered and altered on th ...
... accounts for state and institutional resistance to progressive ideas about economics, democracy, justice, or nature, even when they gain popularity and seem right for the times? When new ideas are pressed upon those in power by movements or influential groups, how are they filtered and altered on th ...
E - YVintheED
... TR A penal code modeled after the Italian Penal Code; recognition of the equality between the sexes and the granting of full political rights to women on 5 December 1934; the language reform initiated by the newly founded Turkish Language Association; replacement of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with ...
... TR A penal code modeled after the Italian Penal Code; recognition of the equality between the sexes and the granting of full political rights to women on 5 December 1934; the language reform initiated by the newly founded Turkish Language Association; replacement of the Ottoman Turkish alphabet with ...
For the market
... • Government may be able to improve the market’s ability to produce a surplus. When custom and tradition keep resources out of productive use, government has the power to pry these resources loose and place them into active production. • Its control over taxes, spending, and interest rates, governme ...
... • Government may be able to improve the market’s ability to produce a surplus. When custom and tradition keep resources out of productive use, government has the power to pry these resources loose and place them into active production. • Its control over taxes, spending, and interest rates, governme ...
1 - Pure
... noblest duty of the state today’.18 Political theology, which had become unthinkable in a democratic context, re-asserts itself by means of a forceful restoration of undisputable political authority. It draws its strength from the establishment of depoliticised socioeconomic relations, replacing th ...
... noblest duty of the state today’.18 Political theology, which had become unthinkable in a democratic context, re-asserts itself by means of a forceful restoration of undisputable political authority. It draws its strength from the establishment of depoliticised socioeconomic relations, replacing th ...
Values, The Dominant Social Par
... explained in terms of the interaction between, on the one hand, the “systemic tendencies”, which, founded on the dynamics of the market economy for continuous expansion and minimisation of social controls on the markets, were backed by the economic and political elites, and, on the other, the “anti- ...
... explained in terms of the interaction between, on the one hand, the “systemic tendencies”, which, founded on the dynamics of the market economy for continuous expansion and minimisation of social controls on the markets, were backed by the economic and political elites, and, on the other, the “anti- ...
Do democracies have different public policies than non
... by any political leader (whether democratic or not), and these are some of the variables that may determine the outcome. Some studies modify formal voting theory by including log-rolling (e.g., Tullock 1959 and Coleman 1966), endogenous voter turnout (Ledyard 1984), campaign spending (Grossman and ...
... by any political leader (whether democratic or not), and these are some of the variables that may determine the outcome. Some studies modify formal voting theory by including log-rolling (e.g., Tullock 1959 and Coleman 1966), endogenous voter turnout (Ledyard 1984), campaign spending (Grossman and ...
Democracy Democracy is rare What explains why some countries
... you are guaranteed a minimal standard of consumption (democracy), vs. a system where you win or lose everything (autocracy). • When you have a lot (I.e. when you are rich), getting a bigger share only effects your welfare a little, where as losing everything could be disastrous. So, if you’re rich, ...
... you are guaranteed a minimal standard of consumption (democracy), vs. a system where you win or lose everything (autocracy). • When you have a lot (I.e. when you are rich), getting a bigger share only effects your welfare a little, where as losing everything could be disastrous. So, if you’re rich, ...
chile: democracy and economic development
... establishment of a clear guideline for development the economic institutions acquired an independence from social ones. On the other hand, social and political institutions were progressively deconstructed as violence and terror replaced them; the lack of social cohesion and political means was ref ...
... establishment of a clear guideline for development the economic institutions acquired an independence from social ones. On the other hand, social and political institutions were progressively deconstructed as violence and terror replaced them; the lack of social cohesion and political means was ref ...
Democracy and Development: New Insights from Dynagraphs
... This would seem to be a happy story with a noble moral – the world is opting for early democracy, and authoritarian states are clearly poorer than the most democratic. All we need is to help the early democratizers continue their economic development until they reach the Przeworski zone, and we will ...
... This would seem to be a happy story with a noble moral – the world is opting for early democracy, and authoritarian states are clearly poorer than the most democratic. All we need is to help the early democratizers continue their economic development until they reach the Przeworski zone, and we will ...
Botswana
... • The electorate was steeped in a traditionalist culture of respect for authority • This granted space to Khama and his BDP ...
... • The electorate was steeped in a traditionalist culture of respect for authority • This granted space to Khama and his BDP ...