Study of the social economy sector

Abstract

The objective of this bachelor’s thesis is to awareness about the benefits of the Social Economy for the society and how it has evolved over the decades. Firstly, the reader is introduced into the historical context of this term because is important to understand what were the needs that people tried to cover with the creation of this new sector. After that, is presented the legislation that affects the sector and finally analyses the variables such as: the number of companies, number of employees, or the effect that has on Spanish GDP in different economic situations. In the end, it compares the obtained results with the traditional economy. The conclusions are very positive and demonstrate that this sector is increasingly important for job creation and economic wealth and is more beneficial and efficient than the traditional capitalist economy