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  2. Social market economy - Wikipedia

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    The social market economy (SOME; German: soziale Marktwirtschaft), also called Rhine capitalism, Rhine-Alpine capitalism, the Rhenish model, and social capitalism, [1] is a socioeconomic model combining a free-market capitalist economic system alongside social policies and enough regulation to establish both fair competition within the market and generally a welfare state.

  3. Social capital - Wikipedia

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    Social capital is a concept used in sociology and economics to define networks of relationships which are productive towards advancing the goals of individuals and groups. [1] [2] It involves the effective functioning of social groups through interpersonal relationships, a shared sense of identity, a shared understanding, shared norms, shared values, trust, cooperation, and reciprocity.

  4. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

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    Anarâškielâ; العربية; Asturianu; Azərbaycanca; Беларуская; Bikol Central; Български; Català; Čeština; Cymraeg; Dansk; Davvisámegiella

  5. United Nations Economic and Social Council - Wikipedia

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    The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, responsible for coordinating the economic and social fields of the organization, specifically in regards to the fifteen specialized agencies, the eight functional commissions, and the five regional commissions under its jurisdiction.

  6. Economic, social and cultural rights - Wikipedia

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    The Universal Declaration on Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the UN General Assembly in 1948, is one of the most important sources of economic, social and cultural rights. . It recognizes the right to social security in Article 22, the right to work in Article 23, the right to rest and leisure in Article 24, the right to an adequate standard of living in Article 25, the right to education in ...

  7. Social cost - Wikipedia

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    Mathematically, social marginal cost is the sum of private marginal cost and the external costs. [3] For example, when selling a glass of lemonade at a lemonade stand, the private costs involved in this transaction are the costs of the lemons and the sugar and the water that are ingredients to the lemonade, the opportunity cost of the labor to combine them into lemonade, as well as any ...

  8. Social entrepreneurship - Wikipedia

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    Grameen Bank founder and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus (left) with two young social entrepreneurs (right). The concept and terminology of social entrepreneurship emerged in the 1950s and since then has been gaining more momentum.

  9. Social services - Wikipedia

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