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Od Albína Bráfa k Josefu Mackovi - příspěvek k výročí úmrtí dvou významných českých ekonomů

From Albín Bráf to Josef Macek - A Contribution to the Anniversary of the Death of Two Significant Czech Economists

Antonie Doležalová

Politická ekonomie 2013, 61(3):428-438 | DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.906

This paper aims to commemorate Albín Bráf and Josef Macek as the key figures in the history of Czech economic thinking. It focuses on three topics which their theoretical works had in common: firstly, the methodology of economics and its assesment as a social science, secondly, the solutions to social questions within the framework of economic policies and, thirdly, the significance of economic education and popularization of economics. The objective of the study is to detect continuity in Czech economic thinking and open a discusion on its posibilities within both the Communist and post-Communist period.

Ekonomie bezpečnosti - jsou teroristé racionální?

Economics of security - are terrorists rational?

Marek Loužek

Politická ekonomie 2009, 57(2):177-193 | DOI: 10.18267/j.polek.680

The aim of the paper is to outline an economic theory of security in international perspective. First section highlights the economic theory of alliances. Second section examines the defence economics. Third section looks at terrorism from rational choice theory point of view. Forth section analyses security dilemmas in the war on terror. Fifth section explores reactions of government policies. Sixth section explains security as a relative concept.