Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 2 / 2014 (591)
The consensus of the ideal
„Getting mired in materialism, adopting the accounting approach to macroeconomics and to the mechanics of voting in society are formulas through which today’s elites disfigure realities and shut down horizons.”
Mankind goes through a period in which the problem of direction touches on ignorance, and this is paradoxical when considering the rational propensities of 21st century modernity. This can be described as a breakdown in the interpreting mechanism of the ineffable signals which structure the knowledge of the sensitive world’s functioning. The creator of the order of things, which insures the equilibrium of cohabitation, becomes increasingly confused under the pressure of neurotic contexts. The universality through societally engaged forces, with an emancipation effect through democracy, is in a symptomatic way being substituted by the crisis inducing hegemony of the structures of financial speculation.
Contents
Sovereign wealth funds, catalyzers for global financial markets
Manipulative marketing: persuasion and manipulation of the consumer through advertising
Global financial crisis-driven mutations affecting the transmission mechanism customized to monetary policy strategies. A VAR, SVAR and BVAR approach
Examining Public Private Partnerships in ASEAN countries: the role of investment climate
The financial auditor’s credibility in postcrisis economic policies
The implications of the economic crisis on public old age pension spending in European countries
Fiscal consolidation through fiscal rules?
The effects of bureaucracy over the business environment from Romania