Latin America is the region in the world that shows the greatest socio-economic inequality as a consequence of the way markets, which are badly regulated by the State, operate, and …
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United States: Plateau, Regression or Double Dip Recession?
The evolution of the GDP in the United States in the last three quarters shows a clearly declining trend: 5.0%, 3.7% and 1.6%, respectively. Even though these rates have remained …
Read More »Ever Farther from Keynesianism and Closer to Adjustment and Austerity
A new, crucial debate has been brought up in relation to the global economic and financial crisis “exit strategy”: either to maintain the stimulus policies until sustainable recovery becomes apparent, …
Read More »Reflections on the Future of Global Capitalism
The bursting of the sovereign debt bubble in Europe and the weakness of the German and French banks resulting from their high exposure levels, as well as the persistence of …
Read More »Ten Commandments to Avoid Systemic Crises
The meaning of the word commandment refers to a “precept or order given from a superior to an inferior” and it is in this sense that it would be worthwhile …
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