Inversiones en infraestructura y crecimiento económico: lecciones aprendidas desde América Latina

La relación entre la infraestructura y el crecimiento económico ha sido estudiada con cierta intensidad a partir de los años noventa del siglo pasado. Sin embargo, y a pesar de la abundante cantidad y calidad de estudios en la materia, no se ha llegado a ...

Introducción a la Política Económica

concepto, estructura y formación

The economic government of the world

1933-2023

An epic history of money, trade and development since 1933 In 1933, Keynes reflected on the crisis of the Great Depression that arose from individualistic capitalism: 'It is not intelligent, it is not beautiful, it is not just, it is not virtuous - and it doesn ...

Economic rationality

what is political economy?

Economics used to be called political economy, and the loss of the "political" tracks the ascendance of the idea of rational choice within the discipline. Where does this idea of economic rationality - choosing to maximize benefits and minimize costs - come from? What are the consequences ...

Cuando los votantes pierden la paciencia

casos radicales de política económica

A lo largo de la Historia, las crisis económicas han provocado que los ciudadanos se harten de su Gobierno. Los votantes exigen entonces un cambio de Gobierno, y también de la política económica. Estos cambios cíclicos, en principio debidos a problemas económicos, se pueden extender ...

The economic policy of the European Unión in the context of the covid-19 crisis

The book, in collective format, aims to analyze the instruments adopted in the EU within the framework of its economic policy to deal with the pandemic. The recovery instrument and the recovery and resilience mechanism are analyzed essentially, but also other measures adopted by the ...

Economic dignity

From one of our wisest and most influential economic thinkers, the only person to serve as Director of the National Economic Council under two Presidents, a profound big-picture vision of why the promotion of dignity should be the singular end goal by which we chart ...

The political economy of the special relationship

Anglo-American development from the gold standard to the financial crisis

How America’s global financial power was created and shaped through its special relationship with Britain The rise of global finance in the latter half of the twentieth century has long been understood as one chapter in a larger story about the postwar growth of ...

La solución Nash

la reactivación económica tras el COVID-19

Nos enfrentamos a la mayor recesión económica desde el crac de 1929 y la crisis financiera del 2008, pero solo será así si reaccionamos dejando que el miedo guíe nuestras decisiones y actuando de forma individual. «Por miedo a que me despidan, dejaré de consumir ...

La economía aplicada

políticas económicas de los gobiernos

En este trabajo se abordan los temas que son de vital importancia, para el desarrollo económico de cualquier país. Dentro del ámbito de la Teoría Económica, que trata las Políticas Económicas de los Gobiernos; de la mano de las respuestas de uno de los mejores ...

The great reversal

how America gave up on free markets

In this much-anticipated book, a leading economist argues that many key problems of the American economy are due not to the flaws of capitalism or the inevitabilities of globalization but to the concentration of corporate power. By lobbying against competition, the biggest firms drive profits ...

The public option

how to expand freedom, increase opportunity, and promote equality

A solution to inequalities wherever we look—in health care, secure retirement, education—is as close as the public library. Or the post office, community pool, or local elementary school. Public options—reasonably priced government-provided services that coexist with private options—are all around us ...

Informe 03/2019 La gobernanza económica de la Unión Europea

Política económica 2018

Este libro constituye la cuarta edición de un anuario de Política Económica cuya pretensión es ir recogiendo distintas aportaciones que contribuyan a abrir la perspectiva de análisis para entender y transformar la realidad en cambio que estamos viviendo. En este volumen se organiza, en su ...

The case for carbon dividends

The supreme challenge of our time is tackling climate change. We urgently need to curtail our use of fossil fuels – but how can we do so in a just and feasible way?In this compelling book, leading economist James Boyce shows that the key to ...

Political capitalism

how economic and political power is made and maintained

Problems associated with cronyism, corporatism, and policies that favor the elite over the masses have received increasing attention in recent years. Political Capitalism explains that what people often view as the result of corruption and unethical behavior are symptoms of a distinct system of political ...

Comportarse como adultos

mi batalla contra el establishment europeo

Durante la primavera de 2015, las negociaciones para renovar los programas de rescate entre el recién elegido gobierno griego de Syriza (el partido de izquierda radical) y la troika pasaban por un momento tan difícil y confuso que, en un momento de exasperación, Christine Lagarde ...

The world after GDP

politics, business and society in the post growth era

GDP is much more than a simple statistic. It has become the overarching benchmark of success and a powerful ordering principle at the heart of the global economy. But the convergence of major economic, social and environmental crises has exposed the flaws of our economic ...

Development and Schooling

This book aims to provide answers to the following questions: (i) Why do parents allow their children to work instead of attending school and (ii) how can we explain the schooling and its relation­ship with a country’s economic development? For this purpose, this ...

La deformación de la acción de gobierno

La divergencia entre los caminos seguidos por el empleo público y el privado se ha intensificado consolidando así una pauta de larga duración: los trabajadores más cualificados desprecian los empleos públicos, mientras que los trabajadores menos cualificados se aferran a estos al considerarlos un refugio ...