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This book addresses both domestic and foreign readers, and for that reason appears in English. Following the survey of history of the Lisbon Exchange published in 1996 by David Justino, the present text extends that medieval period to the Nineteenth century analysis to the present day. Many other Stock Exchanges in Europe and elsewhere have been studied and published by many authors, but no comparable book for Portugal has existed until the present work. The text is accessible to medium-knowledge readers. In a world of internationalization of corporations and financial institutions it is paramount that they be able to mobilize the capacities of the Capital Market to finance the economy, and ...
Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by Junta Nacional de Investigação Cientifica and Banco de Portugal
Seeing Wittgenstein Anew is a collection which examines Ludwig Wittgenstein's remarks on the concept of aspect-seeing, showing that it was not simply one more topic of investigation in Wittgenstein's later writings but rather a pervasive and guiding concept in his efforts to turn philosophy's attention to the actual conditions of our common life in language. The essays in this 2010 volume open up novel paths across familiar fields of thought: the objectivity of interpretation, the fixity of the past, the acquisition of language, and the nature of human consciousness. Significantly, they exemplify how continuing consideration of the interrelated phenomena of aspect-seeing might produce a fruitful way of doing philosophy in a new century.
This book provides comprehensive information on the 500-year long colonial history, post-colonial politics, and local political culture and practice of the island republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, one of the smallest and least known African countries.
The gradual legal and political evolution of the European Union has not, thus far, been accompanied by the articulation or embrace of any substantive ideal of justice going beyond the founders' intent or the economic objectives of the market integration project. This absence arguably compromises the foundations of the EU legal and political system since the relationship between law and justice-a crucial question within any constitutional system-remains largely unaddressed. This edited volume brings together a number of concise contributions by leading academics and young scholars whose work addresses both legal and philosophical aspects of justice in the European context. The aim of the volu...
Qual a relação entre Deus e o Mercado? Provém o Mercado de uma ordem pré-estabelecida que deve ser respeitada? Ou, pelo contrário, o Mercado cria desequilíbrios que são entraves à existência humana plena e à harmonia social? O que diz a Doutrina Social da Igreja, e os grande pensadores cristãos, sobre estas questões? Há um modelo cristão de economia?O padre VÍTOR MELÍCIAS e o economista JOÃO CÉSAR DAS NEVES debatem estes e outros assuntos que nos interpelam e que marcam o nosso tempo. Com a moderação do jornalista NICOLAU SANTOS, reflectem também sobre temas candentes da actualidade económica – a limitação dos salários altos, a pretensa captação do poder polític...