Economics of IntangiblesNova Publishers, 2007 - 407 стор. Up to now, economics as a branch of social science has been concerned mainly to map the commercial and financial relations of Humanity, including a wide variety of institutions spawned to sustain livelihoods within these relations. Although these relationships, qua relations, are by definition intangible, the forms by which these relations are expressed - and in which they may even be quantified, predicted and managed - are all tangible. Thus we arrive at the tantalizing paradox wherein, for economists, tangibles seem to occupy the entire space of interest, even though that which has given rise to their very field in the first place are actually social relations that remain utterly intangible. this veil uncovers something very strange. To the extent that tangible economic activity takes quantifiable form, it is possible to generalize about the forms themselves and/or to verify them, without reference to any further information as to the intent, conscience or consciousness of those who gave rise to these activities in the first place. trumpeted as the economists' greatest success (as social scientists). This book presents the many quintessential elements of economics from all around the globe. |
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... increasing socialisation of material production . Today there remains no populated area on earth where modern industrial production , low - tech or medium - tech or high - tech , cannot be introduced and undertaken . There are two ...
... increasing socialisation of material production . Today there remains no populated area on earth where modern industrial production , low - tech or medium - tech or high - tech , cannot be introduced and undertaken . There are two ...
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... increase alone in the 2004-05 budget for the U.S. Department of Defence was more than the combined military budgets of all its NATO partners , and the total budget before allowing for expenditures in Iraq and Afghanistan war theatres ...
... increase alone in the 2004-05 budget for the U.S. Department of Defence was more than the combined military budgets of all its NATO partners , and the total budget before allowing for expenditures in Iraq and Afghanistan war theatres ...
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... increasing One of the biggest companies in this field was hardly a stranger to the method of inflicting a crushing level of exploitation by messing with people's rights Its former main line of business during the 1960s and 1970s was the ...
... increasing One of the biggest companies in this field was hardly a stranger to the method of inflicting a crushing level of exploitation by messing with people's rights Its former main line of business during the 1960s and 1970s was the ...
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... increase or decrease in one frequently ( and usually ) has little or no bearing on the other . Value - in - use is associated with " consumption " , while value - in - exchange is associated both with " consumption " as well as ...
... increase or decrease in one frequently ( and usually ) has little or no bearing on the other . Value - in - use is associated with " consumption " , while value - in - exchange is associated both with " consumption " as well as ...
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... increasing aphenomenality of monetary currency and credit - based exchange ( described in Chapter 5 as " consumption without production " ) . A most outstanding example was seen on 15 August 1971 , when the U.S. government officially ...
... increasing aphenomenality of monetary currency and credit - based exchange ( described in Chapter 5 as " consumption without production " ) . A most outstanding example was seen on 15 August 1971 , when the U.S. government officially ...
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Intangibles in the Big Picture Continued Information Technology and the Global System | 101 |
Tangibles in the Big Picture | 158 |
The Aphenomenal Model | 235 |
The New Synthesis | 291 |
Conclusion | 355 |
References and Bibliography | 357 |
Index | 385 |
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