The aim of the paper is to identify and assess the role of economic sciences inrelation to competitiveness and globalisation, two basic concepts of the market economy.This role is to explain and ...interpret their essence but also to determine their potentialpractical usefulness, primarily in the context of economic policy development.The considerations mentioned in the article are, as a rule, of a general and universalnature and do not relate especially to any particular countries or groups of countries.The basic method employed in the study is a critical analysis of the subject literature.The paper consists of an introduction, three sections, and conclusions. Section 1 containsa basic discussion of the subject of economic sciences and describes their fourfeatures: cognitive productivity, practical usefulness, dismal nature and beauty. Section2 presents the contribution of economic sciences to understanding and interpretingthe phenomenon of competitiveness. Section 3 focuses on defining and elucidating theidea of globalisation and an examination of its most important aspects. The paper endswith eight conclusions formulated on the basis of this discussion.
In this study, edited on the basis of a critical review of domestic and foreign literature, as well as authors’ own analyzes, previously presented in several articles (Słodowa-Hełpa 2015; Gorynia ...2021 and 2022), mainly in two shorter texts published in popular magazines with a range of Poland (Gory-nia and Słodowa-Hełpa 2022a, 2022b), selected aspects of the concept of the common good from the perspective of the Covid-19 pandemic were presented.
The authors’ conviction that in the process of searching for cures to overcome civilization turbulences, the common good cannot be eliminated from the social, political, economic and moral space, was the inspiration to take up this issue. Therefore, the search for answers to the following four questions was considered leading: Will pandemic experiences catalyze a better understanding of the common good? How can they reduce its deficit? To what extent can a return to the concept of the common good, offering real forms of participation and shared responsibility, help in overcoming the painful effects of the present and future threats to civilization? Can respecting the principles of the common good be considered an imperative in the process of overcoming problems of an increasingly global scope?
In view of the ambiguity of the category of the common good and the related interpretation difficulties, it was deemed necessary to place the main part of the study in the background of the most general approach to the essence of the analyzed category and its status in philosophical and economic terms.
The summary outlines conclusions and postulates concerning the conditions for the functioning of global common goods and the possibility of using them in international cooperation.
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