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Neantro Saavedra-Rivano

Saavedra-Rivano, Neantro

Saavedra-Rivano, Neantro

Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba, Japan; Associate Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science

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Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba, Japan; Associate Fellow, World Academy of Art & Science

Neantro Saavedra-Rivano is Professor Emeritus at the University of Tsukuba, Japan and Senior Researcher at the University of Brasilia, Brazil. His main areas of specialization in Economics include international economics, public policy, development economics, and mathematical simulation models, and in Mathematics—differential equations, general systems theory and algebraic geometry. He has published many books and articles on international economics, regional integration, development economics, Latin American economy, as well as on mathematical fields. His professional activities include teaching and research posts in several universities and other institutions in Brazil, Chile, France, Georgia, Korea, Spain, the USA, and Venezuela.

ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

The Roots of Human Insecurity   ( Peace and Security )
The Roots of Human Insecurity Get Full Text in PDF Abstract What follows are notes attempting to place into context the current discussion on Human (In)Security with special attention to the case of Brazil. In this article, we will observe that insecurity has been the norm since pre-historic times. We will also observe that the uncertainties associated with this insecurity have been the engine for the development of social institutions, of technologies, and of sets of beliefs of human...
What to do about the Persistence of Inequality?   ( Social Science )
What to do about the Persistence of Inequality? Get Full Text in PDF Abstract The focus of this paper is income inequality and, more pointedly, its persistence throughout generations. In the spirit of Atkinson (2014, 2015) and Roemer (1998), we take a normative stand and make concrete proposals to combat the persistence of inequality. In the view presented here, those inequalities derive, to an important extent, from inequalities in opportunities, themselves arising from “abnormal” differences...
Financing Human Capital: Families & Society   ( Money & Finance ), ( Social Welfare )
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) describes human capital as “knowledge, skills, competencies and attributes embodied in individuals that facilitate the creation of personal, social and economic wellbeing.”* It follows from this interpretation that investment in human capital includes the sum of all costs that allow a new being to reach economic autonomy. In this paper we analyze the family and social dimensions of human...
Towards an Understanding of Global Crises
 Get Full Text in PDF Abstract This paper offers some elements for the construction of a theory of global crises. It distinguishes between man-made crises and human-induced crises. The conceptual framework developed draws upon the ideas set forth by Douglass North in his explanations of the historical process of economic change and by Ronald Heiner in his critique of the conventional rationality assumption. As case studies for the framework developed here, the paper discusses three of the...