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Economisering is al geruime tijd de trend. In diverse sectoren is die zakelijkheid verfrissend en nuttig. In een aantal sectoren echter, zoals de zorg, het onderwijs of organisaties waarbij creativiteit centraal staat, ondermijnt het nuttigheidsdenken kernwaarden en kan het leiden tot uitwassen, zoals recentelijk de diploma-affaire op de Hogeschool Inholland. Wat gaat er verloren als financiële en economische motieven de boventoon voeren? En wat zijn de alternatieven? Die actuele vragen staan centraal in "Weten is meer dan meten". M.m.v. Hans Achterhuis, filosoof en publicist * Frank Ankersmit, historicus * Jan Blokker, publicist * Peter Blom, directievoorzitter Triodos Bank * Arnoud Boot, hoogleraar financiële markten * Arjo Klamer, hoogleraar economie van kunst en cultuur * Jos van der Lans, cultuurpsycholoog en publicist * Grahame Lock, hoogleraar filosofie * Rob Riemen, directeur Nexus Instituut * Abram de Swaan, socioloog * Evelien Tonkens, bijzonder hoogleraar actief burgerschap * Marian Verkerk, hoogleraar zorgethiek * en anderen.

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In the journal articles, historiographical essays, and numerous references to the political thought of Adriano Olivetti, the term constantly used to characterize his thinking is ˜utopia'. It is from this word, or rather, the misuse of this word, where one can begin to shed light on Olivettian political thinking. The term ˜utopia', which has come to designate an entire vein of political literature, has also entered into common usage to define an impossible project, a wide-eyed dream; and a ˜utopian' is that individual who longs for abstract projects instead of concrete ideas. It would be unproductive to resort to the diverse arguments of Firpo, of Mannheim, or of Bloch, of the philosophers of the Frankfurt School or others, since, as Giovanni Sartori has observed, after the word ceases to exist - where utopia is understood to mean impossibility - the impossibilities still remain. So, precisely because the literature on the political thought of Olivetti appears to suffer greatly from ˜empirical' influences, it seems necessary to confront the complexities of his presumed utopianism with a methodological approach. This book investigates the inherent ˜impossibilities', if they indeed exist, in the political thought of Olivetti. It also seeks to understand, as a result, if the Olivettian ideal is lacking in any true consistency, since it is secluded from an adequate analysis of historical reality, or if it is, rather, an idealism which does not lose sight of reality, in an attempt to overturn it as the basis for a plausible global vision.   This book will be of interests to students and scholars in history, political economy and philosophy.

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Multi-stakeholder partnering has become the 'new mantra' of decision-makers in business, government and civil society. Yet our understanding of what drives success and failure in these institutions remains incomplete. The book introduces a production theory which describes how the relationship between contributions and outputs influences behaviour, and suggests how technology, leadership and governance should be aligned to make partnerships work.

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In Europe, the liberation of the serfs was a project initiated in 1806 with a scheduled completion date of 1810. It was obvious to those who planned the project that the liberation of the serfs involved a complete overhaul of agriculture as it was then known as Europe moved from feudalism to capitalism. For this reason, Prussia was careful in implementing the reform, and did not rush, after seeing the Kingdom of Westphalia perishing under its crushing debt accumulated in part from Napoleon's failed Russian campaign.   The basic hypothesis of this book is that slave labor can never be efficient and will therefore disappear by itself. However, this process of disappearance can take many years. For instance, two generations after the importation of slaves to North America had ended, the states still fought over the issue, and this despite the fact that Ely Whitney had invented the Cotton Gin in 1793 and already then made slavery in cotton production literally superfluous.  While there have been several books on the economics of American slavery, few studies have examined this issue in an international context.  The contributions in this book address the economics of unfree labor in places like Prussia, Westphalia, Austria, Argentina and the British Empire.  The issue of slavery is still a hotly debated and widely studied issue, making this book of interest to academics in history, economics and African Studies alike.

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