The currency in the world and in Europe
What is an international monetary system? What have these monetary systems consisted of up to the present day? In the first part devoted to the history of international monetary systems, …
Category: Economics
The 100 largest cities in the world
The 100 largest Cities in the world. The ranking takes into account figures available in 2013. Ranking City Inhabitants (date of data) Country 1 Tokyo 37,730,064 (2012) Japan 2 Mexico 23,293,783 (2013) …
Poverty and wealth: definitions and chronology
Definitions of poverty and wealth Poverty: State, condition of a person who lacks resources, material means to lead a decent life. Source: CNRTL. Wealth: Abundance of goods, means, income; state, …
Urbanization – Ferdinand Tönnies
Ferdinand Tönnies distinguishes between Organic will (Wesenwille), which is the will of the being, authenticity, and reflected will (Kürwille). This allows him to define urbanization as the transition from a …
Work: What motivates people to start a business?
Before we find the exact statistics on why people start a business (2010 data), a quick refresher on what generally comes out of studies on the question. Why do people …
Inequalities – Interview with Thomas Pikkety
Thomas Piketty is the author of capital in the 21st century, a work that has been a worldwide success. In it, he addresses the exam questions of wealth, the transmission …