International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 30 Issue 5

The good society: the Illuminated, Karl Marx and Adam Smith

John Conway O'Brien

Examines the history of the Illuminated, a secret society founded by Adam Weishaupt in Bavaria, on 1 May 1776, which aimed to overthrow civil and religious institutions with the…

Impact of institutional and socioeconomic changes on marital relationship: The case of Taiwan

Yu Hsing

Based on the GARCH model, the divorce rate in Taiwan is found to be negatively affected by the fertility rate and male earnings and positively influenced by the male unemployment…

Fuzziness and funds allocation in portfolio optimization

Jack Allen, Sukanto Bhattacharya, Florentin Smarandache

Each individual investor is different, with different financial goals, levels of risk tolerance and personal preferences. From the point of view of investment management, these…

Public pension privatization: Neo‐classical economics, decision risks and welfare ideology

John Dixon, Mark Hyde

Although neo‐classical economics has undoubtedly driven the global pension privatization reform agenda, it does not provide an adequate framework for the reform of retirement…

The economic impact of landmines on developing countries

Gregory L. Bier

Leaders of the world economy take the infrastructure dimension of the environment for granted. As these leaders attempt to develop trade with third‐world countries they are naÏve…