Silvia Sacchetti

1 Introduction: A Closer Look at the Macroeconomic Foundations of Growth In the last years, the world has experienced multiple and ever-increasing crises, which, according to the United Nations (UN) recent resolution ‘Promoting the social and solidarity economy for sustainable development’, recall the need to develop solidarity networks and emphasize the role of cooperation for the promotion of democracy and social justice (United Nations (UN) 2023).

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by Silvia Sacchetti 1 and Andrea Salustri 2,* 1 Department od Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento, 38014 Trento, Italy 2 Department of Juridical and Economic Studies (DSGE), Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.