Petre COMŞA, Costea MUNTEANU - Orthodox Reflections on Labour [Reflecţii ortodoxe despre muncă]

Ioana Cătălina DIACONESCU, Sebastian BĂLĂNICĂ - The Saga of Income Inequality: A Threefold Problem and an Unfolding Solution?

Francisca BUŞINSCHI - The Quality of Entrepreneurship in Romania: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Behaviours from a Praxeological Perspective [Calitatea antreprenoriatului în România: o analiză a comportamentelor antreprenoriale din perspectivă praxeologică]

Andreea STRÂMBU-DIMA - Small Agrifood Producers Reaching the Consumers: Challenges and Solutions from a Marketing Perspective

Adrian-Ioan DAMOC - Geopolitical Determinants of the European Union’s Foreign Trade Strategy in Light of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Mihai Răzvan NEDELCU - Global Britain – Between “Gunboat Diplomacy” and “Soft Power Superpower”

Revista ŒCONOMICA - Book Notes / Semnal editorial: Ion Pohoaţă, Delia Elena Diaconaşu, Vladimir Crupenschi, The Sustainable Development Theory: A Critical Approach, Vol. 1, The Discourse of the Founders, Vol. 2, When Certainties Become Doubts, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020; 2021

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Sunt absolute constantele fizice? Există, oare, constante sociale? Putem sugera un răspuns, bazat pe principiul precauţiei, remarcând un aspect care face ca analogia analizei economice cu experimentul fizic să pară suspectă şi celui mai versat economist cantitativist (fără însă a minimaliza utilitatea metricii în exerciţiile de “screening” şi de “signalling” ale fenomenelor economice): problema constantelor. O constantă reprezintă o mărime fizică cu valoare numerică (prezumată a fi?) fixă. Calculată ea însăşi într-un experiment (nefiind revelabilă apriori), la rândul ei devine crucială pentru rezultatele experimentelor care o presupun. Lucrurile se complică când realizăm că acele constante pot să fi luat / să mai ia alte valori altundeva sau altcândva în nemărginitul Univers.

“CONSTANTS” OF HUMAN “INCONSTANCY” [“CONSTANTE” ALE “INCONSTANŢEI” UMANE]

The present study attempts a modest exposition of the teaching of Eastern Orthodox Christianity on labour and to highlight landmarks that may, on the one hand, shed light on the way to a more profound understanding of the consequences of the current deep metamorphosis of labour, and, on the other hand, to offer clues on the developing position of Christians to these dynamics.

Keywords: Eastern Orthodox Christianity, technology, work, automation, history, culture

JEL: Z10, Z12, Z13

Orthodox Reflections on Labour [Reflecţii ortodoxe despre muncă]

Income and wealth disparity is one of the defining problems of our time. In sophisticated economies, the wealth gap between the rich and the poor is at an all-time high. Inequality developments in emerging markets and developing nations have varied, with some countries experiencing declining inequality while others continue with entrenched disparities in access to education, health care, and finance.

Keywords: inequality, poverty, Covid-19, welfare systems, artificial intelligence, universal basic income

JEL: D63, I18

The Saga of Income Inequality: A Threefold Problem and an Unfolding Solution?

Within an economy, entrepreneurship is a ubiquitous aspect of human action. Productive, unproductive or destructive entrepreneurship can be stimulated based on the perceived or expected rewards, and according to the rules of the game. This paper presents an analysis of how institutions increase entrepreneurial performance and create an advantageous environment for the well-being of society.

Keywords: entrepreneurship, human action, praxeology, institutions, entrepreneurial behaviour, productive entrepreneurship, transaction costs, property rights

JEL: B25, D23, L26

The Quality of Entrepreneurship in Romania: An Analysis of Entrepreneurial Behaviours from a Praxeological Perspective [Calitatea antreprenoriatului în România: o analiză a comportamentelor antreprenoriale din perspectivă praxeologică]

Unequal competition is felt between modern and traditional retailers, between Romanian and imported products, and between processed and unprocessed foods, especially since over 80% Romanians purchase their groceries in the modern retail stores. To help small farmers, and even small traditional retailers, this research identifies several customer segments and their characteristics.

Keywords: small agrifood producers, farmers, modern retail, traditional retail

JEL: E21, E23, F63, L10, L81, M31

Small Agrifood Producers Reaching the Consumers: Challenges and Solutions from a Marketing Perspective

The Covid-19 pandemic has generated significant humanitarian, political and economic turmoil since its onset in early 2020. The crisis has since spread throughout the entire world with an overwhelmingly negative impact. At the European Union level, both the initial reaction and the uneven economic outcome across member states pointed to an underlying lack of political and economic cohesion.

Keywords: European Union, foreign policy, geopolitics, geoeconomics, pandemic, Covid-19

JEL: F00, F10, F19, F50, F59, F69

Geopolitical Determinants of the European Union’s Foreign Trade Strategy in Light of the Covid-19 Pandemic

This paper’s aim is to analyse the new foreign policy focus of the British Government in a post-Brexit world. While the new approach, presented in the Parliament in 2021, known as “Global Britain in a competitive age”, may seem somewhat distant to the globalized world of the 21st century and more appealing to the imperialist past of the island nation, the truth can be far from that.

Keywords: Great Britain, Brexit, diplomacy, geostrategy, power, globalisation

JEL: F50, F54, F59

Global Britain – Between “Gunboat Diplomacy” and “Soft Power Superpower”

Erudition and research stand to gain from the publishing of this outstanding two-volume study. Sailing against the winds, three scholars from Iaşi set out to write not just a mere scientific paper – to keep up with the times – but a book. And it turned out to be an excellent book, meeting the quality standards that a reputable publishing house like Palgrave requires.

Book Notes / Semnal editorial: Ion Pohoaţă, Delia Elena Diaconaşu, Vladimir Crupenschi, The Sustainable Development Theory: A Critical Approach, Vol. 1, The Discourse of the Founders, Vol. 2, When Certainties Become Doubts, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020; 2021

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