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Short Video: Sophia Aguirre on the Family and Economic Growth
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By David Kidd, January 25, 2011 in Interviews

This past summer, Sophia Aguirre agreed to give a brief account of the economic importance of the institution of family.  From the video: "...for economic growth to be sustainable, you need not only good policies, but good institutions."

Dr. Sophia Aguirre

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Lee Trepanier on Jan 27, 2011 at 10:14 am

Great commentary on the role of the family was the unit of analysis for economics. I wonder why is it that the other social sciences haven't followed this path and analyze the group rather than the individual in their positivist models.

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David Kidd

I am ISI's Director of Internet Technology and chief designer/developer of ISI's websites. I graduated with a B.A. from Baylor University's University Scholars program and earned an M.A. in philosophy from Villanova University. My wife, a philosophy doctoral candidate at Villanova University, and I live in Wilmington, Delaware.