The questionnaire findings on political and economic ideology have been analyzed in Chapter V. It is now our task to study the interview material referring to the same topics. The purpose is, first of all, to concretize our insight into these ideologies. If we investigated, in Chapter V, into the responses of our subjects to a number of set, standardized political and economic ideas and slogans...

The imposition of taxes on specific consumption goods and services (i.e. excise taxes) not only is a time-honoured activity but also makes common sense: government financing can be combined with other important social goals, in particular the reduction of externalities (costs imposed on other people) by making the taxed goods more expensive. Thus two goals can be attained at the same time, whic...

This paper explores the mutual influence between the institutional development in Athens in the archaic and classical periods and the contemporary changes in economic life. This enhances our understanding of the causes and consequences of institutional change. It is also worth exploring in view of the suggested connections between economic development, markets and democracy. Between 600 and 322...

Specialised languages such as the language of economics and politics are continuously undergoing dynamic development particularly in the area of lexis which is constantly evolving to reflect a rapidly changing society. A large part of specialised language is made up of rhetorical figures. Each specialised language has its own means of persuasion, its own rhetorical devices. This study examines ...

“rational choice model” is one of the economics theories which developed into sociology, politics, and anthropology and was applied to understand and justify some phenomena.  according to this hypothesis, the basis of decision making is improvements, enjoyment and suffering disposal. people always do all necessary calculations in each and every decision making and then adopt a rational decision...

There are several systems in real situations that only accept a single and acceptable benchmark for efficiency improvement. For instance, when we are going to select a target for a country, the target country should be as close as the view of culture, economics and politics to the inefficient country. Otherwise, it would not be acceptable. Therefore, an inefficient country for several reaso...

The chief contribution of economics toward improving understanding of the way the world works is probably the theory of price. This theory has proven to be a robust tool for explaining how human behaviorresponds tochanges in constraints facing individuals. Price theory may not be the most glamorous or technically demanding body of theory in economics, but it is likely the most fundamental. Econ...