¿Qué hacemos con el paro?

Desde 2007 se han destruido 3,8 millones de empleos en España. Se suman a los casi dos millones de parados que había en los años de crecimiento, efecto de un modelo productivo que siempre mantuvo altas tasas de paro y que, cuando creaba empleo ...

La situación del Mundo 2014

Gobernar para la sostenibilidad

La actual crisis de sostenibilidad es un problema mucho más político que técnico. Disponemos de innumerables alternativas para enfrentarnos incluso a nuestros problemas ambientales más acuciantes, desde la escasez de agua potable hasta el cambio climático. Pero hemos fracasado en nuestra acción. En definitiva, no ...

El problema de los super-millonarios

cómo se han apropiado del mundo los super-ricos y cómo podemos recurperarlo

Entre 1980 y 2008 los ingresos del 90% de los estadounidenses crecieron un mísero 1%, mientras que los de los grandes multimillonarios (el 0,01% de la población) crecían un 403%. Una sociedad descompensada en la parte superior de la pirámide puede parecer un paraíso ...

Movilidades adolescentes

elementos teóricos emergentes en la ruta entre Marruecos y Europa

Los estudios actuales relacionados con la migración de familias y menores se han considerado hasta la fecha dentro de los estudios migratorios. Este libro presenta aquí un nuevo planteamiento respecto a anteriores líneas de estudio, la movilidad como un concepto nuevo en las ciencias sociales ...

La gran amenaza

sobre el Tratado de Libre Comercio entre Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea

Negociándose prácticamente en secreto, el Acuerdo Transatlántico de Comercio e Inversiones es un Tratado de Libre Comercio entre EEUU y la Unión Europea cuyo principal objetivo es la eliminación de las barreras reguladoras que limitan los beneficios potenciales de las corporaciones transnacionales a ambos lados ...

Collision course

endless growth on a finite planet

The notion of ever-expanding economic growth has been promoted so relentlessly that "growth" is now entrenched as the natural objective of collective human effort. The public has been convinced that growth is the natural solution to virtually all social problems -- poverty, debt, unemployment, and even ...

The wellbeing of nations

meaning, motive and measurement

What is national wellbeing and what is progress? Why measure these definitions? Why are measures beyond economic performance needed and how will they be used? How do we measure national wellbeing & turn the definitions into observable quantities? Where are we now and where to next ...

The wellbeing of nations

meaning, motive and measurement

What is national wellbeing and what is progress? Why measure these definitions? Why are measures beyond economic performance needed and how will they be used? How do we measure national wellbeing & turn the definitions into observable quantities? Where are we now and where to next ...

Collision course

endless growth on a finite planet

The notion of ever-expanding economic growth has been promoted so relentlessly that "growth" is now entrenched as the natural objective of collective human effort. The public has been convinced that growth is the natural solution to virtually all social problems -- poverty, debt, unemployment, and even ...

Globalización 3.1

decálogo para la hoja de ruta

“El desafío que tenemos es la globalización como la expresión máxima del capitalismo, ahora neoliberal y prepotente, que hace de todo mercado. Ya no se trata de ser ciudadanos, hemos de ser consumidores; no se trata ya de forjar un mundo de convivencia fraterna y ...

The Impulse Society

what's wrong with getting what we want

What do soaring debt, endemic narcissism, road rage, political attack ads and killer drones share in common? All are symptoms of a society that moves, reflexively and relentlessly, to exploit the fastest, most efficient means to any end, without regard to cost. This is the ...

The supranational corporation

beyond the multinationals

Legal "personhood" has granted corporations increasing powers while citizens and national governments face diminishing powers in the expanding global economy. As a result, corporate decisions undermine and even nullify legal decisions made by democratically elected governments designed to protect citizens, both nationally and internationally.

Towards a better global economy

policy implications for citizens worldwide in the 21st century

Substantial progress in the fight against extreme poverty was made in the last two decades. But the slowdown in global economic growth and significant increases in income inequality in many developed and developing countries raise serious concerns about the continuation of this trend into the ...

Sin trabajo, sin derechos, sin miedo

Las reformas laborales representan una agresión sin precedentes históricos recientes a los derechos de millones de trabajadores y trabajadoras. Es un golpe de Estado en materia laboral, la “joya de la corona” de los gobiernos neoliberales que aspiran a reforzar el poder de los empresarios ...

Política social

una introducción

No hay democracia sin política social. Los países avanzados sólo pueden considerarse como tales si sus gobernantes se esfuerzan por reducir desigualdades e injusticias, al tiempo que fomentan la participación de los ciudadanos en la cosa pública y el interés común. El ámbito público nos ...

Welfare and the Welfare State

present and future

The welfare state plays a key role in people's everyday lives in developed societies. At the same time, the welfare state is contested and there are constant discussions on how and to what degree the state should intervene, influence and have an impact on ...

The Shame of Poverty

The Shame of Poverty invites the reader to question their understanding of poverty by bringing into close relief the day-to-day experiences of low-income families living in societies as diverse as Norway and Uganda, Britain and India, China, South Korea, and Pakistan. The volume explores Nobel ...

The Shame of Poverty

The Shame of Poverty invites the reader to question their understanding of poverty by bringing into close relief the day-to-day experiences of low-income families living in societies as diverse as Norway and Uganda, Britain and India, China, South Korea, and Pakistan. The volume explores Nobel ...

Social capital and economics

social values, power, and social identity

This volume provides a collection of critical new perspectives on social capital theory by examining how social values, power relationships, and social identity interact with social capital. This book seeks to extend this theory into what have been largely under-investigated domains, and, at the same ...

Minilateralism

how trade alliances, soft Law and financial engineering are redefining economic statecraft

Economic diplomacy is changing. The multilateral organizations that dominated the last half of the twentieth century no longer monopolize economic affairs. Instead, countries are resorting to more modest 'minilateral' strategies like trade alliances, informal 'soft law' agreements, and financial engineering to manage the global economy ...