The inaugural publication of the International Journal of Green Economics constructed formal foundations for the establishment of a new school of thought and an attempt to explore and capture current developments and thinking in Green Economics. The current issue introduces the next step in the...

Cette contribution montre les faiblesses de l'induction comme moyen de construction et de validation de la connaissance scientifique et met en lumière la nécessité de développer une recherche scientifique fondée sur une approche déductive. Alors que la recherche scientifique est...

Man soll in Gesellschaft anderer besser nicht über den Tisch spucken. Dass uns dieser Rat des Erasmus von Rotterdam heute bestenfalls überflüssig vorkommt, weil über den Tisch zu spucken niemand mehr als "natürliches" Bedürfnis empfindet, ist aus kulturhistorischer Sicht ein Beleg für die...

This paper argues that the life-works of Norbert Elias and Franz Borkenau can be best understood together, as they were developed in close interaction during the 1930s. Deriving inspiration from Freud, they took up the project formulated by Weber as the end of his 'Anticritical Last Word'....

There is a wide consensus among international institutions and national governments in favor of compact (i.e. densely populated) cities as a way to improve the ecological performance of the transport system. Indeed, when both the intercity and intra-urban distributions of activities are given, a...

In line with Veblen's contributions on the "dark side" of commercial and political relationships, we show how promises can be used to manipulate the "common man." By imposing excessive access costs on potential promisees (e.g., citizens or consumers), a promiser (e.g., a politician or a firm)...