BACKGROUND Proportions derived from neoclassical canons, initially described by Renaissance sculptors and painters, are still being employed as aesthetic guidelines during the clinical assessment of the facial morphology. OBJECTIVE 1. to determine the applicability of neoclassical canons for Southern Chinese faces and 2. to explore gender differences in relation to the applicability of the ne...

The paper presents a revision of the contemporary reductionistic demand theory, replacing studying object, i.e. an individual, with fuzzy collection market buyers, regarded as “statistical ensemble consumers”. new holistic theory formally retains neoclassical reconsidering utility function collective one. A nonparametric verification method is presented, which uses economic (Konus) and formula ...

Ever since Hayek’s 1937 classic, “Economics and Knowledge,” Austrians and other sympathetic writers have rightly emphasized study of the coordination properties of an economic system. To this end, they have claimed a distinction between the Hayekian focus on coordination and the neoclassical focus on equilibrium and efficiency. Although genuine and important, this distinction has yet to be sati...

interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the author. They do not necessarily represent the views of the World Bank, its Executive Directors, or the countries they represent. Abstract Neoclassical economics maintains that a legal system is required to foster anonymous exchange and hence efficiency. In contrast, social scientists from other disciplines emphas...

The reasons why we as scholars prefer one paradigm to another are not only scientific but also ideological. It is suggested that pluralism should be discussed at the levels of theory of science, paradigms in economics and ideological orientations. Neoclassical economics is closely connected with logical positivism as a theory of science and is close to Neo-liberalism as an ideological orientati...

This article reviews the ways in which neoclassical economics is applied to health issues in developing countries. It identifies some of the problems that arise from the application of standard neoclassical theory to the health sector of developing countries. This theory, while helpful in some respects, does not seem to be adequate for understanding the complexities of the health issues facing ...