Economics
Is it worth it? the economics of same-sex marriageDouglas W. Allen | 02 January 2012 |tags: economics, same-sex marriageThe institution of marriage must be fundamentally redefined to accommodate same sex couples, says a Canadian economist.
What is #OccupyWallStreet hoping for?Max Torres | 14 November 2011 |tags: economics, hope, Occupy Wall StreetThe protest movement is a sad parody of the notion of progress through materialism.Back to basics: a Vince Lombardi moment for the economy| 26 October 2011 |tags: economics, family, philosophyAn essay on the four principles of all successful American economic policy - and the philosophical A-team behind them.Ten policies for renewing family lifePhillip Longman | 17 October 2011 |tags: demographic dividend, economics, familyThe state of the family in many advanced societies is unsustainable. Which public policies could reverse this decline?
The New Holy WarsG. Tracy Mehan III | 06 September 2011 |tags: economics, environmentalism, religionAmerica's leading secular religion was once economics. Has it now become environmentalism?
Will women stock exchange traders rescue Wall Street?Denyse O'Leary | 23 August 2011 |tags: economics, global financial crisis, neuroscienceThe new science of neuroeconomics is making big claims. Can they be justified?Household economics 101: human capitalMichael-Burkhard Piorkowsky | 07 June 2011 |tags: economics, housework, human capitalIf other social institutions had to perform the tasks of the home, society would immediately collapse.As the family goes, so goes the economyCarolyn Moynihan | 27 May 2011 |tags: economics, marriage, povertyThere is an intimate relationship between our income wealth and our sexual culture.An own goal for unwary governmentsStefan Szymanski | 28 April 2011 |tags: economics, soccer, sportA leading sports economist is sceptical about the value of hosting major events as a way of boosting local economies.
For-profit microcredit is not the enemyBlake Robinson | 06 January 2011 |tags: economics, finance, microcredit, subprime crisisMoves to rein in the practice of extending microcredit to the poor for profit may be misguided.Economies rise and fall with the familyDainius Kreivys | 19 November 2010 |tags: economics, family policy, LithuaniaGovernments cannot afford to keep treating family values as an optional extra, says a government minister.“Economics is not a morality play” And so?Alejo Jose G. Sison | 01 October 2010 |tags: business ethics, economics, recessionAn ethicist challenges a leading economist's claim that the market is necessarily amoral.
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