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The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was created during 1940s. It's a key indicator of economic policy, and it's considered as rule to measure the significance of a country's economy, and it's a common base for other important indicators, such as fiscal deficit and the human development index (HDI). Diane Coyle reminds us that this instrument is not supposed to turn into a fetish; on the contrary, since it possesses a history that explains its consolidation, along with a structure and strategies that show the conception of economy from those who postulate it. Nonetheless, the GDP is currently one ...

[Italiano]: Il libro è il primo risultato di un progetto di ricerca interdisciplinare e internazionale sui disastri di origine naturale verificatisi nei territori governati dalle monarchie borboniche tra il XVIII secolo e l’inizio del XIX. I dodici saggi che lo compongono esplorano le strategie e le pratiche attraverso cui istituzioni e società cercarono di gestire, mitigare e prevenire gli effetti catastrofici di eruzioni, terremoti, inondazioni, carestie ed epidemie, in territori geograficamente lontani e diversi tra loro – dal Mediterraneo occidentale all’America centrale e...

Malgré l'importance des ouvrages consacrés au corporatisme au sein du monde occidental, la question d'une spécificité qui serait inhérente à des aires culturelles déterminées a été dans l'ensemble peu abordée. C'est précisément pour mieux comprendre quelle avait été la contribution de l'aire dite latine aux expériences corporatistes que s'est tenu à Paris à l'Ecole Normale Supérieure du 16 au 18 novembre 2006 un colloque international qui a conjugué les efforts de quatre pays européens (Espagne, France, Italie, Portugal) et deux pays sud-américains (Argentine, Brésil)....

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