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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.

This article analyses the relation between the main components of the national income (profits and wages) and the dynamic growth of the US economy during the period of 1980-1996.

The financial crisis, along with their contagion, which have taken place repeatedly in the last two decades, rank among the negative aspects implied by the globalization process. The article deals with their origin, the difficulties involved in their prevention, the general guidelines followed to manage them and the menace that they mean to the International financial system.