Prof. François Grin, Université de Genève et Università della Svizzera italiana, Switzerland

Question 1:
How do you see the relationship between economics, language and communication? Is there maybe a profound similarity between economics and communication sciences, between market exchange and communication exchange, between the “homo oecunomicus” and the “homo comunicans”, between “the propensity to barter and trade” and the “propensity to communicate”?

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Question 2:
You have said earlier that economics is about understanding what choices we make so what economics can probably teach us in terms of intercultural communication is to take into account various variables, such as language and culture, when making choices and decisions….

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