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  Cultural Codes (1, 2, 3)

  The problem of Codes of Culture the "cultural codes" as the term is established in Bulgaria’ mainly through the translations of U. Eco . and R. Barthes/, has long ceased to be only theoretical, and has become a social problem. Understanding of any aspect of a rapidly changing culture of our times, and hence - the formation of adequate personal or ... The problem of Codes of Culture the "cultural codes" as the term is established in Bulgaria’ mainly through the translations of U. Eco . and R. Barthes/, has long ceased to be only theoretical, and has become a social problem. Understanding of any aspect of a rapidly changing culture of our times, and hence - the formation of adequate personal or institutional development strategies, is related to the identification of the characteristic of this particular aspect of codes. The article "Codes of Culture" has prepared the first of several print publications. All of them, in their entirety, are an attempt to illustrate one possible way of "introduction" to this problem in the public domain, for introduction into the thinking of the widest possible audience.

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  The Antimathematicality of Demand Curves

  Mathematics has proven so helpful in the physical sciences such as physics that it has been improperly applied to economics. The dismal science studies purposeful human action, while purpose in the hard sciences is properly dismissed as anthropomorphic. The present paper takes the demand curve as a case in point. It demonstrates that this tool of ... Mathematics has proven so helpful in the physical sciences such as physics that it has been improperly applied to economics. The dismal science studies purposeful human action, while purpose in the hard sciences is properly dismissed as anthropomorphic. The present paper takes the demand curve as a case in point. It demonstrates that this tool of analysis is fundamentally flawed in that it violates its own economic assumption of ceteris paribus, and also the mathematical requirement that only the proper number of variables may vary along a given graph in two-dimensional space.

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  Human Action, Part Five, Chapter XXV. The Imaginary Construction of a Socialist Society

  When the social philosophers of the eighteenth century laid the foundations of praxeology and economics, they were confronted with an almost universally accepted and uncontested distinction between the petty selfish individuals and the state, the representative of the interests of the whole society.... When the social philosophers of the eighteenth century laid the foundations of praxeology and economics, they were confronted with an almost universally accepted and uncontested distinction between the petty selfish individuals and the state, the representative of the interests of the whole society.