El elefante en la habitación

La (in)sostenibilidad del sistema de pensiones

En España vivimos con un elefante en la habitación. Lo vemos, lo intuimos, pero preferimos mirar hacia otro lado: nuestro sistema de pensiones atraviesa una crisis de sostenibilidad sin precedentes. Este libro pone cifras y argumentos sobre la mesa para que cualquier ciudadano pueda entender ...

Económico

Esta breve y fascinante obra, escrita hacia el año 350 a. C., es uno de los libros más antiguos que se conservan completos, y está considerado uno de los primeros tratados de economía. Jenofonte, relata sendos diálogos de su maestro Sócrates, donde analiza una cuestión ...

En la senda de Cuba y Puerto Rico

la suspensión del sistema general de aduanas de 1820 en las Islas Filipinas. Estudio y edición del expediente promovido por el Consulado de Manila

En 1820 las Cortes aprobaron el arancel general de las aduanas de toda la Monarquía española. Su duro proteccionismo y prohibicionismo coartaba el libre comercio que los puertos de Cuba, Puerto Rico y Filipinas practicaban, desde fines del siglo XVIII, con los extranjeros. Si bien ...

Quantitative finance

an introduction to investments, asset pricing, and derivatives

A graduate-level, mathematically rigorous introduction to the tools, methods, and approaches used in contemporary quantitative finance This book offers a theory-oriented introduction to investments, asset pricing, and derivatives. Designed for a quantitative master's program in finance, it is grounded by what works in the ...

Experimental economics

theory and practice

A landmark practical guide from the twenty-first-century pioneer in economics. Experimental economics-generating and interpreting data to understand human decisions, motivations, and outcomes-is today all but synonymous with economics as a discipline. The advantages of the experimental method for understanding causal effects make it the gold ...

The Coffee Can Investor

A Stock-Picker's Journey to Build Generational Wealth

What would happen if you bought a handful of stocks and then left them alone for some time, like stashing valuables in a coffee can? If you picked the right ones, you might wake up one day with life-changing wealth. Neeraj Khemlani introduces readers to ...

Expectations matter

the new causal macroeconomics of surveys and experiments

What people believe about the economy-and why it matters How do expectations about the future influence economic behavior? For decades, economists have known that beliefs play a central role-from how much households spend, to how firms set prices, to how central banks design policy. But ...

Challenging Inequalities

how we got stuck and where we go next : the IFS Deaton Review

A comprehensive look at inequalities and why they matter There is a widespread sense throughout the developed world that progress towards a better society has stalled. Many countries, including the UK, have experienced persistent economic stagnation accompanied by declining trust in institutions. Governments are struggling ...

The irrational decision

how we gave computers the power to choose for us

How the computer revolution shaped our conception of rationality-and why human problems require solutions rooted in human intuition, morality, and judgment In the 1940s, mathematicians set out to design computers that could act as ideal rational agents in the face of uncertainty. The Irrational Decision ...

No to nuclear

why nuclear power destroys lives, derails climate progress and provokes war

There is no silver bullet for the climate crisis-but that hasn't stopped people searching. Seizing its chance, the nuclear power industry wants us to believe that theirs is the only technical fix for our deliverance. The public, politicians and the media have been easily ...

The forest fights back

a global movement for the rights of nature

As the world grapples with the escalating climate crisis, ecosystems are collapsing, and the planet's future hangs in the balance. For centuries, our legal systems have treated nature as something to be owned and exploited, but a bold new movement is challenging this paradigm ...

The random factor

how chance and luck profoundly shape our lives and the world around us

A poverty expert reveals how truly random the world is-including how economic inequality is experienced-and how we can learn to acknowledge chance and appreciate it. It's comforting to think that we can be successful because we work hard, climb ladders, and get what we ...

Radicals

the working classes and the making of modern Britain

An authoritative and original history of the working classes and the British Left The political Left in Britain rose out of the Industrial Revolution, as the working classes emerged as the leading force in the call for social change. Their contributions extended widely to political ...

Our dollar, your problem

an insider's view of seven turbulent decades of global finance, and the road ahead

A leading economist explores the global rise of the U.S. dollar and shows why its future stability is far from assured Our Dollar, Your Problem argues that America's currency might not have reached today's lofty pinnacle without a certain amount of good ...

King dollar

the past and future of the world's dominant currency

Prophecies that the dollar will lose its status as the world's dominant currency have echoed for decades-and are increasing in volume. Cryptocurrency enthusiasts claim that Bitcoin or other blockchain-based monetary units will replace the dollar. Foreign policy hawks warn that China's renminbi poses ...

Lecciones de economía

Esta segunda edición de Lecciones de economía estudia tanto la teoría y los economistas que la han desarrollado como la práctica mediante acontecimientos históricos relevantes, reflexiones filosóficas, notas sobre casos de actualidad y ejercicios. El manual se conforma de 18 capítulos, a través de los ...

Análisis de variable compleja

Este libro es una introducción a la teoría de las funciones de variable compleja, dirigido a estudiantes de Ciencias, principalmente de Matemáticas, Física e Ingeniería. Partiendo de unos conocimientos básicos de cálculo diferencial, y siempre estimulando la intuición pero sin perder nunca el rigor, se ...

Jakob Fugger

La vida del hombre más rico y poderoso del mundo

Greg Steinmetz, periodista especializado en historia económica, ha escrito la primera gran biografía de Jakob Fugger, el hombre que financió el nacimiento del mundo moderno, nieto de campesino y primer millonario documentado de la historia. Fugger vivió en los tiempos en que Colón cruzaba el ...

Déficit

Cómo repensar la economía desde el valor de los cuidados

Un inusual y ameno ensayo que desde el feminismo cuestiona el pensamiento económico actual para poner los cuidados y la calidad de vida de todos en el centro. En 2020 Emma Holten leyó un artículo que afirmaba que las mujeres representaban un déficit neto para ...

El sentido del campo

Por qué no habrá cultura sin agricultura

El declive del campo como síntoma y causa del declive de la civilización En una época que idealiza la tecnología y desprecia el campo, Julio Llorente lanza una tesis de fondo: la agricultura no es un sector más de la economía, sino el cimiento mismo ...