International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 28 Issue 5/6/7

Freud’s civilization revisited in the nuclear age

John Conway O’Brien

The purpose of this paper is to re‐examine the views of Freud in his Civilization and its Discontents and compare his idea of civilization with that of other scholars in order to…

Freud’s civilization revisited in the nuclear age: commentary on O’Brien’s conclusions

Lewis E. Hill

This comment is a constructive criticism of Professor John C. O’Brien’s interesting and provocative article: “Freud’s civilization revisited in the nuclear age.” It is my…

O’Brien, civilisation and aggression

Leslie Armour

Civilisation is not possible unless aggression can be brought under control. It is armed aggression – aggression by governments and by groups that hope to become governments �…

The collapse of the Soviet economy and the triumph of capitalism

Thomas O. Nitsch

The title is intentionally facetious, rhetorical and to be taken cum grano salis. For certain ones prone to confusing fact with fancy, the events in the USSR of 1989 and the…

The New Age movement and its societal implications

Daniel J. O’Neil

This article examines the essence of the New Age movement: its reservations about the Judaic‐Christian heritage, its pantheistic/monistic orientation, its individualism, its…

The business of the inner life: economics, communication, consciousness and civilisation

Leslie Armour

Communication systems are structured by economic forces which use them to optimise sales, and politicians who increasingly live by slogans and repeated sound bites. Both want…

The new growth theories: a cultural and social addendum

Richard L. Brinkman, June E. Brinkman

To overcome the errors of the exogenous growth theories of the past, the new growth theories, currently in vogue, attempt to incorporate technological change as endogenous to the…

Human development and economic systems: a unitary approach

Li‐teh Sun, John C. O’Brien, Qi Jiang

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the success of the US economy at the end of the second millennium do not necessarily mean the end of socialism. In fact both capitalism and…

Social economist: St Antonino, Bishop of Florence, 1384‐1459

Glen Alexandrin, Steven S. Poulatis

Saint Antonino was an early economist and social scientist who addressed the need to design theories of production, value and distribution, in part becuase he saw the…

Transitional economies and economic globalisation: Social and environmental consequences

Clem Tisdell

As former communist countries have proceeded with market reforms, they have become more enmeshed in the international economy and their involvement in economic globalisation…

Adam Smith’s modes of social organization

John E. Elliott, John E. Peters, Farideh Motamedi

In this paper, we analyze power in five modes of social organization, as can be found in Adam Smith’s An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Specifically…