International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 25 Issue 9

Advertising and information costs: an empirical study

Franklin G. Mixon

As pointed out previously by economists, the implicit demand for cost‐saving information by potential buyers generates a derived demand for advertising by sellers. This study adds…

Methodological individualism, economic behaviour and economic policy

Gregory T. Papanikos

This paper examines Hayek’s version of methodological individualism in relation to individual economic actions and economic effectiveness (social actions). According to this…

Toward an ethics of corporate restructuring

Dell Champlin

Corporate restructuring has had a profound impact on the US economy. While the problems of restructuring have been discussed in great detail, the solutions are elusive. What can…

Equity as a policy objective: the case of Northern Ireland

Marie Finnegan

The notion that equity is a prerequisite for economic growth and should be pursued as a policy objective in its own right has gained widespread acceptance in the 1990s at the…

Frédéric Le Play: a forefather of social economics

Floreal H. Forni, Ada Freytes Frey, Germán Quaranta

Presents Frédéric Le Play ‐ French author who lived in the nineteenth century ‐ as a precursor of social economics. In the first place, characterizes this perspective, which is…

J. Zijlstra (b. 1918): The structural financing of government expenditure

A.H.G.M. Spithoven

J. Zijlstra was Dutch Minister of Economics (1952‐1958), Minister of Finance (1959‐1963, 1966‐1967), Prime Minister (1966‐1967), and President of the Central Bank of The…

Transitions into and out of poverty

Edward J. O’Boyle

This article raises five questions: What kinds of persons and families are poor? How do they become poor? How long do they remain poor? How do they cope with being poor? How do…

Adam Smith’s three strikes against commercial society

James E. Alvey

It is commonly held that Adam Smith is a prophet of capitalism. There is a good deal of evidence pointing towards his optimism about commercial society. This article claims to…

Nature, State and Economy: : A Political Economy of the Environment

Philip McDermott

How to Save the Underclass

Alfred L. Oehlers