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UNINA9910807280003321 |
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Autore |
Schui Florian <1973-> |
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Titolo |
Austerity : the great failure / / Florian Schui |
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New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (232 p.) |
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Consumption (Economics) - History |
Thriftiness - History |
Saving and investment - History |
Economic policy - History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 Austere ideas for austere societies: from Aristotle to Aquinas -- 2 Austerity v. reason: from Mandeville to Voltaire -- 3 Austerity for capitalism: from Smith to Weber -- 4 Austerity for stability: from the Great War to the next -- 5 Austerity can wait: Keynes -- 6 Austerity for the state: Hayek -- 7 Austerity for the planet: green ideas of consumption -- 8 Is greed good? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index |
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Austerity is at the center of political debates today. Its defenders praise it as a panacea that will prepare the ground for future growth and stability. Critics insist it will precipitate a vicious cycle of economic decline, possibly leading to political collapse. But the notion that abstinence from consumption brings benefits to states, societies, or individuals is hardly new. This book puts the debates of our own day in perspective by exploring the long history of austerity-a popular idea that lives on despite a track record of dismal failure. Florian Schui shows that arguments in favor of austerity were-and are today-mainly based on moral and political considerations, rather than on economic analysis. Unexpectedly, it is the critics of austerity who have framed their arguments in the language of economics. Schui finds that austerity has failed intellectually and in economic terms every time it |
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has been attempted. He examines thinkers who have influenced our ideas about abstinence from Aristotle through such modern economic thinkers as Smith, Marx, Veblen, Weber, Hayek, and Keynes, as well as the motives behind specific twentieth-century austerity efforts. The persistence of the concept cannot be explained from an economic perspective, Schui concludes, but only from the persuasive appeal of the moral and political ideas linked to it. |
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UNINA9910338045303321 |
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Autore |
Boesso Giacomo |
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Titolo |
Governance and Strategic Philanthropy in Grant-Making Foundations : How to Improve the Effectiveness of Nonprofit Boards / / by Giacomo Boesso, Fabrizio Cerbioni |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2019 |
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[1st ed. 2019.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (169 pages) |
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Political planning |
Political science |
Executive power |
Nonprofit organizations |
Corporate governance |
Europe - Politics and government |
Public Policy |
Governance and Government |
Executive Politics |
Non-Profit Organizations and Public Enterprises |
Corporate Governance |
European Politics |
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Chapter 1 Social Role, Strategic Profiles and Management Tools of Foundations -- Chapter 2 The First Survey on the "Governance" of Foundations: The Original Model -- Chapter 3 The Second Survey on the Governance and Actions to Support Strategic Philanthropy: The Integrated Model -- Chapter 4 Data on Governance and Strategy of Italian Foundations -- Chapter 5 A Virtuous Symbiosis: Determinism and Solidarity in the Strategic Action of Foundations -- Chapter 6 Conclusions. |
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This book discusses the role of grant-making foundations in supporting local communities, and how effective governance can contribute to greater success of the social projects they finance. The book considers the extent to which granting foundations act as social investment banks or strategic philanthropists, and identifies possible areas of evolution and improvement in the granting process of foundations similar to other innovative firms. It seeks to explore the possibility of foundations becoming a reference point in the Third Sector for innovativeness and risk taking. Giacomo Boesso is Professor of Business Administration at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. His research interests include stakeholder theory, strategic corporate social responsibility, and non-profit governance. Fabrizio Cerbioni is Professor of Accounting at the Department of Economics and Management at the University of Padova, Italy. His research interests include accounting principles, corporate governance, and non-profit governance. |
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