In addressing issues related to the economy take for granted a lot of things, first of all that this mode of operation is the best among all possible. In fact, in human history, the market economy occupies a very marginal period: that of the last two centuries.

Before then, men and women gave a display of many other solutions to their material needs, with greater or lesser effectiveness and, in all probability, they also claimed to have delivered the best economic social system. It will be sufficient, therefore, introduce the historical dimension of economic analysis to bring down many myths: what progress, continuous growth, homus economicus, self-regulation of markets and many other beautiful things trying to lend credibility to our society.

But, above all, about the need to render traditional civilizations, societies often have built more of the fair and efficient, despite the misleading mythology of continuous human progress, implied in the dominant chatter. Next to the rediscovery of the historical component of the economy, we hope to highlight the human dimension is completely neglected in the current debate.

In this direction, first, we put at the core of the human being, because the economy was only designed to meet their material needs and not vice versa. But most importantly, you will need to focus on the real condition of our fellow human beings, namely in the authenticity or less than their needs and desires, not ignoring the enormous capacity exercised by the manipulative power centers in today's society. Subsequently, in order to avoid a sterile exclusively philosophical diatribe, we will focus on the actions of this being human and, in particular, of acts which have a predominantly economic value. In this way, we can develop tools for analyzing sufficiently developed, which will enable us to understand the social and economic change, the role of innovation, the importance of culture and national identity.