Western societies have developed into a historically new stage in the evolution of capitalism, one which is characterized by corporations exercising monopolistic power and sustaining demand by advertising through the media. While this theme has been emphasized e.g., by J. A. Schumpeter in Business Cycles; A Theoretical, Historical and Statistical Analysis of the Capitalist Process, chapter III,...

We introduce non-homothetic preferences into a general equilibrium model of monopo-listic competition and explore the impact of income inequality on the medium-run macroeconomic equilibrium. We find that (i) a sufficiently high extent of inequality divides the economy into mass consumption sectors (where firms charge low prices and hire many workers) and exclusive sectors (where firms charge hi...

objections: today, one of the issues that perpetuate social and sustainable relationships plays an effective role in society, is social capital. the main purpose of this article, the role of mass media measurement in increasing social capital among households, the city is khormoj. theoretical frameworkfrom theorists and social capital in particular is bordiou. four indicators of social capital ...

objective: drying is one of the most important post-harvesting processes in agriculture. drying method and also drying time have an important effect on the amount of energy required. in this study analysis of energy consumption for drying corn in dryer reservoir with flow of warm air and the effect of the temperature and height of product layer on the amount of energy consumption per unit mass ...

the aim of this study was to determine the monthly dtr mass load of amphetamine-type compounds in poland as well as an investigation of cyclical behaviour by using time series analysis and especially trends analysis.amphetamine, methamphetamine and mdma (ecstasy) were detected in wastewater samples collected from the main wastewater treatment plant in the city of poznan using liquid chromatogra...