Contra la renta básica

por qué la redistribución de la renta restringe nuestras libertades y nos empobrece a todos

¿Qué es la renta básica? ¿Por qué la han defendido tanto liberales como socialdemócratas, comunistas, feministas o ecologistas? ¿Es eficiente desde el punto de vista del crecimiento económico y de la creación de empleo? Y sobre todo: ¿es justa? Éstas son algunas de las preguntas ...

Applied financial macroeconomics and investment strategy

a practitioner's guide to tactical asset allocation

Understanding our interconnected macroeconomic world is important for money managers and investment professionals alike. Here author Robert McGee brings together insights from finance and macroeconomics that are useful for investment strategists concerned with asset allocation decision-making. McGee provides a thorough look at each stage of ...

Hard times

inequality, recession, aftermath

2008 was a watershed year for global finance. The banking system was eventually pulled back from the brink, but the world was saddled with the worst slump since the 1930s Depression, and millions were left unemployed. While numerous books have addressed the financial crisis, very ...

Currency politics

the political economy of exchange rate policy

The exchange rate is the most important price in any economy, since it affects all other prices. Exchange rates are set, either directly or indirectly, by government policy. Exchange rates are also central to the global economy, for they profoundly influence all international economic activity ...

El capital en el siglo XXI

Para Thomas Piketty, los debates intelectuales y políticos sobre la distribución de la riqueza se han alimentado sobre todo de grandes prejuicios y de muy pocos datos. En ese campo de batalla han convergido ideas sobre la igualdad entre los ciudadanos, el derecho de las ...

Productivity convergence

theory and evidence

A vast new literature on the sources of economic growth has now accumulated. This book critically reviews the most significant works in this field and summarizes what is known today about the sources of economic growth. The first part discusses the most important theoretical models ...

The great inflation

the rebirth of modern Central Banking

Controlling inflation is among the most important objectives of economic policy. By maintaining price stability, policy makers are able to reduce uncertainty, improve price-monitoring mechanisms, and facilitate more efficient planning and allocation of resources. This volume focuses on understanding the causes of the Great Inflation ...

Medir nuestras vidas

las limitaciones del PIB como indicador de progreso

En plena amenaza de crisis financiera global en febrero de 2008, el presidente de Francia, Nicolas Sarkozy, pidió a los dos Premios Nobel de Economía Joseph E. Stiglitz y Amartya Sen, y al destacado economista francés Jean-Paul Fitoussi, que organizaran una comisión de expertos para ...

Macroeconomics at the service of public policy

This volume uses state of the art models from the frontier of macroeconomics to answer key questions about how the economy functions and how policy should be conducted. The contributions cover a wide range of issues in macroeconomics and macroeconomic policy. They combine high level ...

The redistribution recession

how labor market distortions contracted the economy

Since 2007, many fundamental aspects of the economy and the labor market have changed dramatically. With the exception of Medicaid, subsidies flowing to the unemployed and financially distressed households in the forms of loan forgiveness and government transfers almost tripled. The generosity of mean-tested subsidies ...

Rethinking expectations

the way forward for macroeconomics

This book originated from a 2010 conference marking the fortieth anniversary of the publication of the landmark "Phelps volume," Microeconomic Foundations of Employment and Inflation Theory, a book that is often credited with pioneering the currently dominant approach to macroeconomic analysis. However, in their provocative ...

The price of inequality

A forceful argument against America's vicious circle of growing inequality by the Nobel Prize–winning economist. The top 1 percent of Americans control 40 percent of the nation’s wealth. And, as Joseph E. Stiglitz explains, while those at the top enjoy the best ...

The worth of goods

valuation and pricing in the economy

How do we place value on goods - and, importantly, why? Valuation and pricing are core issues in the market economy, but understanding of these concepts and their interrelation is weak. In response, The Worth of Goods takes a sociological approach to the perennial but timely ...

En busca del pleno empleo

estudios de macroeconomía austriaca y economía comparada

Esta obra se inscribe en la tradición iniciada por Roger W. Garrison de intentar hacer comprensible y de extender las ideas del paradigma austriaco al mainstream neoclásico. Adrián Ravier lo hace en su primer libro, sintetizando la macroeconomía austriaca del capital. En su segundo libro ...

The great inflation and its aftermath

the past and future of american affluence

Samuelson, a columnist for the Washington Post and Newsweek, presents a highly readable and thought-provoking discussion of the crippling inflation that hit the United States from the mid-1960s to 1982, resulting in four recessions. According to the author, the culprit of inflation was the collective ...

Overlapping generations economies

In the past two decades the overlapping generations (OG) model has become a dominant framework in macroeconomic analysis. This book provides a clear and self-contained introduction to OG economies. Starting with the existence of equilibrium and the optimality of allocations, the discussion then turns to ...

La explosión del ahorro familiar

(Revista Cuadernos de Información Económica, Nº 212, año 2009)

OECD Economic Surveys

Spain 2008

Elaborated by OECD. ÍNDICE: Assessment and Recommendations Chapter 1. Main Challenges, Macroeconomic Developments, and Policies -Recent developments point to a significant cutback in economic growth over several years -Fiscal policy has turned expansionary -The current account deficit largely reflects strong domestic investment -The banks are ...

Keynes and macroeconomics after 70 years

critical assessments of the general theory

In this new collection, esteemed Post-Keynesian scholars reassess the relevance of Keynes' "The General Theory" to a broad array of topic areas, ranging from the environment, investment finance, exchange rates, and socialism, as well as inquiries into general Post-Keynesian theory.

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 ...