Rational expectations and inflation

This collection of essays uses the lens of rational expectations theory to examine how governments anticipate and plan for inflation, and provides insight into the pioneering research for which Thomas Sargent was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in economics. Rational expectations theory is based on ...

Human capitalism

how economic growth has made us smarter--and more unequal

What explains the growing class divide between the well educated and everybody else? Noted author Brink Lindsey, a senior scholar at the Kauffman Foundation, argues that it's because economic expansion is creating an increasingly complex world in which only a minority with the right ...

Qué hacer con España

del capitalismo castizo a la refundación de un país

Ya nadie duda de que, para sobrevivir en el euro y en la economía global, España está obligada a poner en marcha una batería de reformas estructurales. Reformas que, de hecho, deberían haberse adoptado años, décadas e incluso siglos atrás. Los obstáculos para hacerlo ahora ...

La vivienda en España en el siglo XXI

diagnóstico del modelo residencial y propuestas para otra política de vivienda

Reflexión sobre cómo se ha desarrollado la vivienda en España desde los comienzos del siglo XX, con la introducción de datos, análisis y propuestas, que nos posibilite comprender ese modelo residencial. A lo largo de este trabajo pretendemos mostrar cómo hay un modelo residencial que ...

The collaboration economy

how to meet business, social and environmental needs and gain competitive

How six industries are collaborating with competitors, society, and the public sector for competitive advantage No longer can we consume the equivalent of 1.3 Earths resources and expect to remain prosperous in perpetuity. We need a new economic paradigm, one that yields growth in ...

Que inventen ellos!. ¿Hay futuro sin I+D+i?

En toda sociedad moderna y competitiva el papel de la I+D+i es vital para el desarrollo tecnológico del conjunto de la sociedad, la productividad de las empresas y el empleo con calidad para sus ciudadanos. Seguramente, la crisis está afectando tan profundamente a ...

The collaboration economy

how to meet business, social and environmental needs and gain competitive

How six industries are collaborating with competitors, society, and the public sector for competitive advantage No longer can we consume the equivalent of 1.3 Earths resources and expect to remain prosperous in perpetuity. We need a new economic paradigm, one that yields growth in ...

La máquina del fin del mundo

el alto precio de la energía nuclear, el combustible más peligroso del mundo

¿Es la energía nuclear realmente la única alternativa viable a los combustibles fósiles? ¿Es tan segura y limpia como sostiene el lobby nuclear? ¿De verdad es la mejor opción para combatir el cambio climático? “La máquina del fin del mundo” muestra que el sueño de ...

L'exigence d'une gouvernance mondiale

Faut-il avoir peur de la mondialisation ? Ce livre analyse les risques associés aux évolutions du monde au cours des vingt dernières années, en les regroupant sous trois grandes catégories, systémiques, géographiques et liés à la mondialisation elle-même. Passer de 7 à 9/10 milliards d ...

Beyond the developmental state

industrial policy into the twenty-first century

Moving beyond abstract economic models and superficial descriptions of the market, Beyond the Developmental State analyses the economic, political and ideological interests which underpin current socio-economic processes. Through this approach, the contributors show the close interrelation between states and markets in both national and international ...

The political economy of human happiness

how voters' choices determine the quality of life

Data, methods and theories of contemporary social science can be applied to resolve how political outcomes in democratic societies determine the quality of life that citizens experience. Radcliff seeks to provide an objective answer to the debate between left and right over what public policies ...

La energía secuestrada

desmontando los mitos del fundamentalismo energético

El mes de mayo el debate energético en España va a estar más vivo que nunca. Este libro aparece con la intención de aclarar conceptos clave en este debate. Además, a nivel global, la energía se ha convertido en los últimos años en una de ...

The great deformation

the corruption of capitalism in America

The controversial businessman and former Director of the Office of Management and Budget under Ronald Reagan condemns the corruption of capitalism, especially over the last 30 years, sparing no one in his feisty and brilliant depiction of how government and finance has all but ruined ...

The quest for security

protection without protectionism and the challenge of global governance

The essays in this collection boldly confront the quest for security arising out of the social, economic, environmental, and political crises and transformations of our century. Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mary Kaldor begin with an expansive, balanced analysis of the global landscape and the factors ...

Creating capabilities

the human developmen approach

If a country's Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators, can we ever grasp how ...

Creating capabilities

the human developmen approach

If a country's Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators, can we ever grasp how ...

The growth map

economic opportunity in the brics and beyond

Jim O'Neill, one of the most influential economists today, shares his insights on how and why he developed one of the most compelling economic concepts of our time in "The Growth Map". "O'Neill has redefined how investors and Western business leaders see the ...

Adiós al crecimiento

vivir bien en un mundo solidario y sostenible

¿Es el crecimiento la varita mágica capaz de remediar todos nuestros problemas? Ese es el discurso enviado machaconamente durante décadas desde los poderes políticos y económicos: el crecimiento es bueno para reducir el paro, garantizar las pensiones, disminuir las desigualdades o proteger el medioambiente. Pero ...

La inflación

(al alcance de los ministros)

En este libro sobre la inflación, José Luis Sampedro y Carlos Berzosa procuran mostrar al ciudadano lo que la ciencia económica oficial prefiere ignorar o enmascarar. La inflación, un fantasma que parecía controlada desde mediados de los 90, vuelve a estar en boca de todos ...

The big flatline

oil and the no-growth economy

In an urgent follow-up to his best-selling "Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller," Jeff Rubin argues that the end of cheap oil means the end of growth. What it will be like to live in a world where growth is ...