RESTRICTIONS AND BARRIERS IN PREDICTING THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY

Halina ŚWIEBODA

Security Issues

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 23 May 2017

Abstract General idea of what may be, is better than nothing (...). If wrong - it's still beneficial ", because we gain time for appropriate action. This is particularly important if the risks, events, events are dealt with in the context of national security. Forecasting has many supporters as well as opponents [...] Read more.

HOMO RETICULUS IN THE CHANGING WORLD

Piotr SIENKIEWICZ

Security Issues

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 23 May 2017

Abstract The article presents a model of the contemporary man, who is living and taking challenges within the frames of the information society perceived as a networked one. Homo reticulus is seen as a subject, facing new challenges and threats, local and global ones, as a result of the accelerated development [...] Read more.

THE BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND POLAND – RETRO- AND PROSPECTIVE APPROACH

Dorota MURZYN

Economic Challenges of Modern Transformations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 23 May 2017

Abstract Summary: In the 12 years of EU membership, Poland paid to the EU budget of 39.1 bln EUR, while flows from the EU to our country (both public entities and private, which implemented projects co-financed by various EU funds) amounted to more than 125.7 bln EUR. This means that Poland has achieved a positive [...] Read more.

WORK AND POVERTY - THE PHENOMENON OF WORKING POOR IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Katarzyna CYMBRANOWICZ

Economic Challenges of Modern Transformations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 23 May 2017

Abstract The article discusses the working poor phenomenon. This phenomenon is associated with on the one hand – with the labor market, on the other - with poverty. It is an interesting object of study, because now in the European Union more and more people even though it is included in the basic social institution [...] Read more.

UTILITARIAN ASSUMPTIONS IN INTERGENERATIONAL INVESTMENT APPRAISAL

Monika FOLTYN-ZARYCHTA

Economic Challenges of Modern Transformations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 23 May 2017

Abstract The paper analyses three basic features of utilitarianism: welfarism, sum-ranking and consequentialism which form the theoretical basis for economic net present value (costbenefit analysis decision criterion) for appraisal of intergenerational investments. The results show that the features are not [...] Read more.

ECONOMIC LITERACY AS A CONDITION OF PARTICIPATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEM

Ewa CICHOWICZ

Economic Challenges of Modern Transformations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 23 May 2017

Abstract The changes taking place in the environment and their consequences causes the growth of the importance of economic literacy which constitute the participation in the socioeconomic system. At the same time there is a lack of awareness in this field and level of economic knowledge is too low in relation [...] Read more.

SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FINANCIAL MARKET IN POLAND - FOLLOWING THE GLOBAL TREND IN THE ESG DIMENSION

Justyna KŁOBUKOWSKA

Economic Challenges of Modern Transformations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 23 May 2017

Abstract The aim of the article is to analyze the financial market in Poland as a socially responsible financial market. Conducted research shown that the functioning of the RESPECT Index in the Polish capital market motivates the companies to pursue activities in the field of CSR and its reporting. Implemented [...] Read more.

FUTURE OF HUMAN LABOR IN THE TIME OF AUTOMATION

Kamil SZYMAŃSKI

Innovation – creation, effects, evaluations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 22 May 2017

Abstract Article aims to reflect on the debate on "receiving" work by developing technique, through the development of automation and robotics development. In this article I’d like to analyze what is labor and it the relation with the man, and why is work so valuable to him, that the possibility of receiving [...] Read more.

BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM REFLECTIONS OVER THE FUTURE OF WORK: THE CASE OF “BULLSHIT JOBS”

Maciej KRYSZCZUK

Innovation – creation, effects, evaluations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 22 May 2017

Abstract This article is a critical evaluation of the concept of "bullshit jobs," proposed by David Graeber as an explanation for the failure of John M. Keynes's famous prediction that working time will be reduced as a result of technological progress. David Graeber is a well-known activist and popular anthropologist [...] Read more.

APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT IN THE CASE OF NANOTECHNOLOGY. MAJOR ISSUES AND THEORETICAL APPROACHES

Tomasz STĘPIEŃ

Innovation – creation, effects, evaluations

Publication language: Polish

Journal article

Transformations No. 1-2 (92-93) 2017,  Publication date: 22 May 2017

Abstract Nanotechnologies belong to the major objectives of the contemporary conceptions of technology such as the theory of technoscience, the conception of technology assessment or the concept of converging technologies with nanotechnology recognized as the base and condition of the technological convergence [...] Read more.