Saturno devora a sus hijos

miradas críticas sobre el desarrollo y sus promesas

Ed. Víctor Bretón. Este volumen colectivo trata diferentes aspectos relacionados con la teoría y la práctica de eso que convencionalmente llama¬mos "desarrollo": sus problemas, sus trampas, sus limitaciones y sus posibles vías de superación. Lo hace desde atalayas muy distintas y desde posicionamientos epistémicos también ...

The rise and fall of an economic empire

with lessons for aspiring economies

While many authors have documented empires maintained through military strength, power derived solely from economic might is a more modern phenomenon. These different sources of power share one important characteristic, though. There is an inevitability to the decline of empires that rest on either foundation ...

Dimensions of competitiveness

Ed. Paul De Grauwe. Competitiveness among nations is often approached as if it were a sports competition: some countries win medals, others lose out. This view of countries fighting it out in the economic arena is especially popular in business circles and among politicians. Economists ...

Portfolios of the poor

how the world's poor live on 2$ a day

Aut. Daryl Collins...[et al]. Nearly forty percent of humanity lives on an average of two dollars a day or less. If you've never had to survive on an income so small, it is hard to imagine. How would you put food on the ...

Los países menos adelantados

Informe del 2008

Economic growth

Eds. Steven N. Durlauf, Lawrence E. Blume. The New Palgrave Economics Collection Following the publication of the award-winning and much-acclaimed The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Second Edition, which brings together Nobel Prize winners and the brightest young scholars to survey the discipline, a new ...

Growth and policy in developing countries

a structuralist approach

Economic structuralists use a broad, systemwide approach to understanding development, and this textbook assumes a structuralist perspective in its investigation of why a host of developing countries have failed to grow at 2 percent or more since 1960. Sensitive to the wide range of factors ...

India's new economy

industry efficiency and growth

This book examines India's new economy - its strengths, weaknesses and potential in IT, export trade and the financial sector. It evaluates India's growth in light of modern growth theory, as developed by Solow, Lucas and Schumpeter. It compares India's experience with that ...

Uneven economic development

Eds. José Antonio Ocampo, Rob Vos. Inequality in the world is high and rising. The problem of global uneven development is central to, and inseparable from, the international development agenda. In "Uneven Economic Development", leading economists and development experts examine the causes and implications of ...

Human capital and economic growth

This book provides an in-depth investigation of the link between human capital and economic growth. The authors take an innovative approach, examining the determinants of economic growth through a historical overview of the concept of human capital.The text fosters a deep understanding of the ...

Economic Growth

theory and numerical solution methods

This is a book on deterministic and stochastic Growth Theory and the computational methods needed to produce numerical solutions. Exogenous and endogenous growth models are thoroughly reviewed. Special attention is paid to the use of these models for fiscal and monetary policy analysis. Modern Business ...

Informe sobre el Crecimiento

estrategias para el crecimiento sostenido y el desarrollo incluyente

Elaborado por la Comisión para el Crecimiento y el Desarrollo.

Capitalists, workers, and fiscal policy

a classical model of growth and distribution

Drawing on the work of the classical-Marxian economists and their modern successors, "Capitalists, Workers, and Fiscal Policy" sets forth a new model of economic growth and distribution, and applies it to two major policy issues: public debt and social security.The book homes in specifically ...

Poverty and income distribution

Written by a leading scholar in the field, this textbook provides a thorough introduction to the topic of income distribution and poverty, with additional emphasis on the issues of inequality and discrimination. It features an empirical flavor throughout and includes optional econometric studies. It will ...

Common Wealth

economics for a crowded planet

The author of the "New York Times" bestseller "The End of Poverty" and one of the world's most respected economists offers an urgent assessment of the environmental degradation, rapid population growth, and extreme poverty that threaten global peace and prosperity.

La realidad de la ayuda 2008-2009

una evaluación independiente de la ayuda al desarrollo española e internacional

Coord. Isabel Kreisler. El exhaustivo análisis anual de la ayuda al desarrollo en España advierte que los países ricos invirtieron 27 veces más en salvar el sistema financiero que en ayudar a los más pobres. La realidad de la ayuda también destaca que España ha ...

Introduction to modern economic growth

"Introduction to Modern Economic Growth" is a groundbreaking text from one of today's leading economists. Daron Acemoglu gives graduate students not only the tools to analyze growth and related macroeconomic problems, but also the broad perspective needed to apply those tools to the big-picture ...

El regreso de la Gran Depresión

Más allá de los análisis económicos que se centran en la coyuntura o intentan #generalmente equivocándose# llevar a cabo predicciones a corto plazo, las obras verdaderamente fecundas suelen desentenderse de la actualidad inmediata para abordar épocas y conceptos de mayor aliento. Así, la genialidad de ...

One economics, many recipes

globalization, institutions and economic growth

In "One Economics, Many Recipes", leading economist Dani Rodrik argues that neither globalizers nor antiglobalizers have got it right. While economic globalization can be a boon for countries that are trying to dig out of poverty, success usually requires following policies that are tailored to ...

Decrecimiento y posdesarrollo

el pensamiento creativo contra la economía del absurdo

El modelo occidental de desarrollo ha entrado en una etapa crítica. Sus negativos efectos sobre la mayor parte de la humanidad y el medio ambiente son evidentes. Y el estallido sucesivo de sus diversas burbujas produce crisis también en el propio Occidente, donde provoca además ...