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Análisis desde un punto de vista estructural del proceso de desarrollo/subdesarrollo con el planteamiento de dos grandes interrogantes: ¿puede la raza humana estar orgullosa de la situación presente y de las perspectivas que se vislumbran para el próximo siglo?, y ¿es adecuada y correcta la orientación seguida y los principios aplicados por la Ciencia Económica más vigente?.

Developing countries should, in the current world, stand still in the main focus of economic studies. There is a strong two-way link between economic growth and human development {UNDP concept) that would be considered when implementing growth policies, mainly through income distribution in education and health areas.

Nowadays, the European Union (EU) reflects the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of the European integration's process. Its analysis must combine different viewpoints coming from the study of the economic model, the social profile and the political scope. That perspective provides an asymmetrical characterization of the EU and suggestive information about the limits and possibilities of the European integration.

This paper analyses the relations between the growing globalization of economical activities and the viabilty of human development. First of all some conceptual matters on the globalization phenomenon, discerning between the quantitatives and qualitatives aspects. Next some premises of the enlargement of capabilities and liberties are established as basic attributes to human development and the limits to be measured. Finally.

In this article an attempt is made to consider the relationships betwen the market and the State as found in the capitalist system. The ideas of Polanyi as expressed in his book The Great Transformation are followed in order to make clear that an economy based on assumptions of a self-regulated market had not existed prior to the rise of the industrial revolution, so, hitherto, there had never been a market-controlled economy.