scholarly journals Evaluating Against a Multi-Dimensional Economic Goal: A Sustainable and Prosperous Socialism

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
Campbell
Keyword(s):  
Economic Goal

scholarly journals The Economic Goal of Library Automation

1969 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-311
Author(s):  
Frederick G. Kilgour
Keyword(s):  
Library Automation ◽  
Economic Goal

Kellogg's Six-Hour Day: A Capitalist Vision of Liberation through Managed Work Reduction

1992 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Kline Hunnicutt
Keyword(s):  
Management Support ◽  
Individual Firm ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Business And Management ◽  
Economic Goal ◽  
Day Program

Historians have recently tried to explain why the century-long work-reduction movement ended in the 1940s. A history of Kellogg's Six-Hour day program reveals that the loss of business and management support contributed to this demise. Mainstream corporations such as Kellogg's once thought that managed work reduction would save capitalism, and they developed a capitalist vision of freedom from work remarkably similar to recent socialist writings. But Kellogg's management reversed course and ultimately opposed the Six-Hour day. Instead they developed more conventional corporate views: that industrial progress is defined by more work for more people, that increasing the number of jobs is a primary economic goal (but not the responsibility of the individual firm), and that work can be perfected to become the most satisfying part of life.

Law and Economics Against Feminism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martha T. McCluskey
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Law And Economics ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Gender Justice ◽  
Late Twentieth ◽  
Economic Ideology ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Late Twentieth Century ◽  
Economic Goal

This article analyzes feminism in legal theory in relation to the rise of “law and economics” during the late twentieth century as a methodology that generated academic credibility for anti-egalitarian ideology and policy. Law and economics fundamentally undermines feminism in law by constructing the economy as a sphere best governed by efficiency insulated from contested morality and politics. This division naturalizes a gendered baseline that generally makes feminist reforms appear costly and unfair. Finally, the article explores how this core division of law and economics constructs an idea of liberty that makes feminist efforts to remedy gender-based harms appear illegitimate and oppressive. Law and economics cuts against legal feminism not because gender justice is a non-economic goal, but because law and economics promotes a misleading economic ideology steeped in gender and tilted toward those most willing and able to disregard and discount others’ well-being.

What’s an Economy For?

2020 ◽  
pp. 195-212
Author(s):  
Maxine Eichner
Keyword(s):  
Young Children ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
The State ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Proper Place ◽  
Public Programs ◽  
The Public ◽  
Prekindergarten Programs ◽  
Economic Goal

This chapter describes how US policymakers would regulate the economy if they became serious about supporting the American Dream. Legislators would stop making an ever-higher GDP the ultimate economic goal and instead focus on ensuring that every American gets the resources they need to thrive. Since thriving Americans require healthy families, this would require ensuring that families, too, receive the resources they need to thrive. To serve these goals, markets must be put in their proper place in the larger economy, alongside both families and government. When it comes to ensuring that families get the resources they need, the state has five critical functions to fill. These are: (1) partnering with parents to provide the conditions young children need at home; (2) investing in excellent daycare and prekindergarten programs; (3) regulating the economy to reduce economic inequality and insecurity; (4) constructing a strong social safety net; and (5) regulating the workplace to allow workers to reconcile work with family. The chapter closes by describing the public programs that would support each of these five functions.

Voraussetzungen und Effekte betrieblicher Interessenvertretung in eigentümergeführten Unternehmen

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Dieter Gerner ◽  
Holger Reinemann ◽  
Andreas Dutzi ◽  
Daniel Ludwig
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Works Councils ◽  
Positive Economic ◽  
Iab Establishment Panel ◽  
Works Council ◽  
Economic Goal

Zusammenfassung Im Zentrum ökonomischer Mitbestimmungsforschung steht die Frage, ob Betriebsräte effizient sind. Die hierzu vorliegenden empirischen Befunde tendieren zu einem überwiegend positiven Einfluss von Betriebsräten auf die Performance eines Unternehmens. Weniger Beachtung in diesem Kontext fand bisher die Rolle des Eigentürmers als Geschäftsführer. Mit den Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels wird daher untersucht: (1) welchen Einfluss die Eigentümerführung auf die Wahrscheinlichkeit der Existenz eines Betriebsrats hat und (2) welche ökonomischen Effekte (Produktivität) unter den besonderen Bedingungen der Eigentümerführung erzielt werden. Mittels gepoolten OLS-Schätzungen und dynamischen Panelansätzen wird aufgezeigt, dass eigentümergeführte Unternehmen auf positive ökonomische Effekte der betrieblichen Interessenvertretung verzichten, um ihre nicht-ökonomischen Ziele wie den Erhalt von Einfluss und Kontrolle zu erfüllen. Abstract The efficiency of works councils has always been in the focus of economic research on co-determination. Empirical findings show a positive influence of works councils on firm performance. Less attention so far has been given to the role of owner-managers. The data of the IAB establishment panel is used to (1) examine the influence of owner management on the likelihood of the existence of a works council and (2) the economic effects achieved under the particular conditions of owner management. The estimations of pooled OLS and GMM models show, that owner-managers dispense with positive economic effects of works councils in order to achieve their non-economic goal of maintaining control and influence.

scholarly journals Efficiency vs. Resilience: Lessons from COVID-19

2021 ◽  
pp. 285-289
Author(s):  
Moshe Y. Vardi
Keyword(s):  
High Likelihood ◽  
Short Term ◽  
The Past ◽  
Global Pandemic ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Goal

AbstractWhy was the world not ready for COVID-19, in spite of many warnings over the past 20 years of the high likelihood of a global pandemic? This chapter argues that the economic goal of efficiency, focused on short-term optimization, has distracted us from resilience, which is focused on long-term optimization. Computing also seems to have generally emphasized efficiency at the expense of resilience. But computing has discovered that resilience is enabled by redundancy and distributivity. These principles should be adopted by society in the “after-COVID” era.

scholarly journals Transformation in Poland

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 237-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Libor Žídek
Keyword(s):  
Economic Policy ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Political Development ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
Economic Indicators ◽  
Communist Regime ◽  
Final Part ◽  
General Goal ◽  
Economic Goal

Transformation in Poland The paper analyses transformation process in Poland between 1989 and 2004. The goal of the paper is to clarify the most important steps in the economic policy that were carried out in this period. The structure of the paper follows this general goal. We first of all analyse economic development of the country before the fall of the communist regime because this determined the whole following process. Then we shortly mention political development that had a significant impact on the transformation process, and its results. In the next part we concentrate on the main steps in the economic transformation, and consequently devote place to specific aspects - for example privatisation. The final part analyses the main economic indicators of this period. We conclude that the transformation process achieved its main economic goal and the economy's ability to grow increased.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document