International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 31 Issue 7

Microcredit and the Third World: Perspectives from moral and political philosophy

Khandakar Q. Elahi, Constantine P. Danopoulos

Poverty in third world (TW) countries is a serious problem, and microcredit has become the most popular approach to address this undesirable phenomenon. This model, perceived more…

Frank H. Knight's thought revisited: Subjectivism, interpretation and social economics

Tony Fu‐Lai Yu

This paper discusses Frank H. Knight's thought under three major themes, namely subjectivism, interpretation and social economics. Knight's economics starts with a conscious mind…

Variances in social partnership: Towards a sustainable model?

Kamel Mellahi, Geoff T. Wood

This paper provides a critical appraisal of existing models of social partnership. We argue that single forms of partnership operating at the micro‐level are unlikely to be…

On the theory and practice of finance

Kavous Ardalan

The purpose of this paper is to provide an explanation for the way the reality in the world of finance comes to be formed, among other things, by the theory of finance. It is…

Teaching economics in a changing university environment: Some Australian experience

Mohammad Alauddin, James E. Butler

The environment for teaching Economics in Australian universities has undergone profound changes. The factors involved are well known: changing public policy goals, market…

South Africa: Impact of HIV/AIDS on food demand

Frank W. Agbola, Maylene Y. Damoense, Yvonne K. Saini

A growing number of studies have concluded that South Africa has one of the highest cases of HIV infections in the world. With the epidemic continuing to evolve at an alarming…

Reflections on the Great Depression

Theo Balderston

The Economics of Alfred Marshall: Revisiting Marshall's Legacy

James C.W. Ahiakpor