Robert J. McIntyre, Bulgaria. Politics, Economics and Society, Londres, New York, Pinter, 1988, 201 p.

New York Entomological Society

Conomyrma Forcl and all its species were considered to belong in Dorjrm?mex Santschi, until Kusnezov (1952) separated the two genera, Dorymyrmex and Conotnyrtna. He further divided Conomyrrna into two subgenera, Biconomyrma Kusnezov and Conotnyrnta. Although these subgenera subsequently were elevated to generic status by Kusnezov (1 959), Biconot?lyrtna was later synonymized with Conotnyrrna by...

The politics, mathematics and morality of economics: a review essay on Robert Nelson’s Economics as Religion

Is economics a science or a theology? Nelson sensibly argues that economists are a priestly class; they issue authoritative (scientific) blessings upon the marketplace. The bishops of this class are the mathematicians, who convert ideology into “science”. This essay, in contrast, argues that mathematics has more to do with internal competition between economists than with politics or religion. ...

Digital Media and Society: Transforming Economics, Politics and Social Practices

Medical Economics (and Politics)

G et ready! The landscape in medicine is probably going to change rapidly. The starting bell rang in December 2010 in Washington, DC, with very little fanfare when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned doctors from prescribing Avastin to patients with advanced-stage breast cancer. 1 Avastin, a potent but costly drug, has worked in some clinical trials by halting the spread of cancer and...

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