Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 3 / 2009 (532)
The deadlock of Economics
The methodological option according to which the es¬sential is situated at the level of the human condition desig-nated a stage in the history of science from which all the failures of economic theory originate. Labor (especially as production) and action in general (therefore as societal inno¬vation as well) were suitable to measurement and calculus, empiricism and factualism, as well as positivism and phenomenologism. Humanity was the palpable expression of things, facts and events, seen as quantitative effects per¬fectly dimensioned by methods and by rational instruments. Economic theory has already proclaimed the making of the new man, an Adam animated only by the rational. Homo Oeconomicus was proven to be the awaited demiurge of the new universe - the artificial one - precipitated from his impe¬rial reasoning, meaning the reasoning which institutes ratio¬nality, efficiency and growth as fundamental law.
Contents
- The Use of Performance Contracts for Delivery of Social Services in the United States
Maria P. Aristigueta
Lynne R. Foote
- Marketing of Local Public Services under the Reduction of Administrative Expenditures
Ani Matei
Lucica Matei
Teodora Dinu
- Is the Incidence of the Monetary Policy on the Mortgage Market Possible?
Teodora Barbu
Georgeta Vintila
- Some Aspects Regarding the Analysis of the Life Insurance Market
Constantin Anghelache
Dan Armeanu
Ion Pârtachi
- Dashboard Auditing of Activity-Based Costing (ABC)
Sorinel Capusneanu
- Considerations on the Remuneration System of the Public Administration – an Analysis on Electoral Cycles
and Scenarios Development
Tudorel Andrei
Marius Profiroiu
Bogdan Oancea
Monica Nedelcu
- Grounding the Marketing Strategy of the Organizations in the Field of Health Care
Iuliana Cetina
Gheorghe Orzan
Violeta Rãdulescu
Mihai Orzan