The coming economic world crisis

The Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology

This paper argues that in an age of knowing capitalism, sociologists have not adequately thought about the challenges posed to their expertise by the proliferation of ‘social’ transactional data which are now routinely collected, processed and analysed by a wide variety of private and public institutions. Drawing on British examples, we argue that whereas over the past 40 years sociologists cha...

The coming fiscal crisis: nephrology in the line of fire.

Nephrologists in the United States face a very uncertain economic future. The astronomical federal debt and unfunded liability burden of Medicare combined with the aging population will place unprecedented strain on the health care sector. To address these fundamental problems, it is conceivable that the federal government will ultimately institute rationing and other budget-cutting measures to...

Economic Crisis and Economic Theory

Two dynamic general equilibrium economies compete in explaining the United States’interwar business cycles. Despite the demand driven contender’s slight advantages, the results remain too close to call a clear winner.

[The economic crisis and health].

Se considera que una economı́a entra en recesión técnica cuando ha experimentado por dos trimestres consecutivos un crecimiento negativo del producto interior bruto (PIB). Las crisis económicas, con frecuencia precedidas por crisis financieras, aumentan el desempleo y el empobrecimiento de las familias. Los economistas estudian con gran atención la dinámica de los ciclos económicos desde que Kon...

Explaining the Global Economic Crisis