International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 25 Issue 1

Beyond the invisible hand: a case for moderate competition

Li‐teh Sun

Suggests that too much market competition, like too little, hurts the US economy. Argues the case for moderate competition, where the operation of the invisible hand of free…

Issues in resource conservation and sustainable development: Indian situation

K.C. Roy

Higher economic growth is necessary to reduce the level of poverty and improve the living standard of population. But higher economic growth requires greater use of natural…

Contributions to charitable organizations in a developing country: the case of Singapore

Chung Ming Wong, Vincent C.H. Chua, S. Vasoo

This article makes use of pooled time series data to study the demand for donations to charitable organizations in Singapore, a newly‐industrializing country. As in the case of…

Economics, ethics and sustainability: redefining connections

Sabine U. O’Hara

Economists have generally framed the question of welfare in terms of wealth creation and distribution. More recently this conception of welfare has been challenged by concerns for…

Socialism: lost and regained

Donald C. Wellington

The essay discusses the connection between science and technology as the root cause of economic growth, the fortuitous nature of the rewards from invention in the capitalist…

Society and self‐managing teams

Lee Hanson

This article addresses social dimensions and implications of the rise of the information, skill‐intensive economy based on self‐managing teams. The basis of the paper is an…

Asian Capitalists in the European Mirror

Chwee Huat Tan