Ciencia, tecnología, innovación y desarrollo

el pensamiento latinoamericano

En América Latina ha habido avances teóricos importantes para explicar y desarrollar la ciencia, la tecnología y la innovación. En los tiempos actuales, en los que la innovación es incesante, en los que la ciencia está cada vez más relacionada con los acelerados cambios tecnológicos ...

Selling the future

the perils of predicting global politics

In an age of uncertainty, those who can anticipate revolution, the outbreak of wars, or which states might default are much in demand. The marketplace of ideas about the future is huge, and includes 'wonks', scholars and pundits who produce scenarios, predictions and ratings. The ...

Public sector economics and the need for reforms

The public sector has grown substantially in the last fifty years. In the euro area, for example, total government expenditures have been around fifty percent of GDP since the early 2000s, resulting in a growing tax burden or high public debt or both. At the ...

The shield of nationality

when governments break contracts with foreign firms

There is extraordinary variation in how governments treat multinational corporations in emerging economies; in fact, governments around the world have nationalized or eaten away at the value of foreign-owned property in violation of international treaties. This even occurs in poor countries, where governments are expected ...

Connectedness and contagion

protecting the financial system from panics

The Dodd--Frank Act of 2010 was intended to reform financial policies in order to prevent another massive crisis such as the financial meltdown of 2008. Dodd--Frank is largely premised on the diagnosis that connectedness was the major problem in that crisis -- that is, that financial ...

Macroeconomic paradigms and economic policy

from the Great Depression to the Great Recession

The recent financial crisis has demonstrated the dangers of ignoring the factors that led to previous crises, and the effectiveness of the policies designed to deal with them. Over time, these macroeconomic policies have evolved, oscillating between state intervention and a free-market approach. Following a ...

Global poverty

deprivation, distribution, and development since the Cold War

Why are some people poor? Why does absolute poverty persist despite substantial economic growth? What types of late economic development or 'catch-up' capitalism are associated with different poverty outcomes? Global Poverty addresses these apparently simple questions and the extent to which the answers may be ...

The price of prosperity

why rich nations fail and how to renew them

In this bold history and manifesto, a former White House director of economic policy exposes the economic, political, and cultural cracks that wealthy nations face and makes the case for transforming those same vulnerabilities into sources of strength-and the foundation of a national renewal. America ...

Progress and confusion

the state of macroeconomic policy

What will economic policy look like once the global financial crisis is finally over? Will it resume the pre-crisis consensus, or will it be forced to contend with a post-crisis "new normal"? Have we made progress in addressing these issues, or does confusion remain? In ...

Explaining Inequality

Inequalities in incomes and wealth have increased in advanced countries, making our economies less dynamic, our societies more unjust and our political processes less democratic. As a result, reducing inequalities is now a major economic, social and political challenge. This book provides a concise yet ...

Política económica 2015

En este libro se analizan aspectos de política económica actual agrupados en tres partes. Por un lado, se apunta la política económica realizada durante los 2-3 últimos años en 10 países (China, Rusia, India, Corea del Sur, Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, México, Hungría y Turquía). Por ...

Off the road

miedo, asco y esperanza en América

Al estilo de su admirado periodismo gonzo, Andy Robinson se lanza a recorrer la nueva Dolarocracia americana a través de los márgenes de una carretera que conforme avanza se bifurca cada vez más. En formato de pequeñas y delirantes crónicas, con el autor inmiscuyéndose en ...

¿Por qué en 2017 volveremos a entrar en recesión?

un análisis de los datos que auguran una nueva recesión y cuándo saldremos de ella

Este libro combina pronósticos y reflexiones, pero también es un balance de previsiones antiguas. Para ello el reputado analista financiero Juan Ignacio Crespo habla de pasado, presente y futuro. En la primera parte repasa las predicciones que hizo para economías y mercados en libros anteriores ...

Global political economy

theory and practice

Praised for its authoritative coverage, Global Political Economy places the study of international political economy (IPE) in its broadest theoretical contextnow updated to cover the continuing global economic crisis and regional relationships and impacts. This text not only helps students understand the fundamentals of how ...

Hubris

why economists failed to predict the crisis and how to avoid the next one

The failure of economists to anticipate the global financial crisis and mitigate the impact of the ensuing recession has spurred a public outcry. Economists are under fire, but questions concerning exactly how to redeem the discipline remain unanswered. In this provocative book, renowned economist Meghnad ...

Beneficios sin producción

cómo nos explotan las finanzas

En este libro estudia en profundidad la "financiarización", probablemente el concepto más relevante para entender el capitalismo contemporáneo y, por ende, la larga fase de crisis que se inició en 2007. Entendida como una forma de organización económica que ya no busca asegurar el crecimiento ...

La era de las expectativas limitadas

Un libro para entender las cosas que los economistas profesionales saben pero que el hombre de la calle ignora. El conocimiento crítico de las crisis económicas pasadas y de sus consecuencias a corto y a largo plazo es indispensable para entender cualquier situación actual. En ...

Inequality

causas and consequences

Inequality has been rising in many countries over the last decades and the process seems to have accelerated with the Great Recession. Not only is income distribution more unequal today than 40 years ago, but also its transmission through generations has increased. In other words ...

Distribución de la renta, crisis económica y políticas redistributivas

Esta monografía analiza en detalle la evolución reciente de la distribución de la renta en España antes y después de la crisis iniciada en 2007. El enfoque adoptado utiliza una base de datos homogénea, la Encuesta de Condiciones de Vida, y recorre el proceso de ...

The Federal Reserve's role in the global economy

a historical perspective

The importance of international considerations in the US Federal Reserve System's deliberations has become more and more important over time as global financial crises and events create ever stronger repercussions in the US economy. This book critically evaluates the role of the Federal Reserve ...