What new can be said about crisis? What can be added that does not resonate, at least in most of the West, to a litany that has been documenting and warning, for almost five decades, about the worsening social inequalities and the monetary and financial collapses that are multiplying and...

Outside the major Western nations, the word "development" is often used as a substitute or synonym for progress. Both project into the future and celebrate science and technology as an outpost of civilization, both are confident of a destiny of ever-increasing improvements for humankind. As...

For many analysts, Latin America has long stood out as one of the most unequal regions in the world. However, according to Juan Gabriel Palma, in recent decades this characteristic is less a hangover from the past than the destiny to which many developed countries seem to be heading. In his...

Outside the major Western nations, the word "development" is often used as a substitute or synonym for progress. Both project into the future and celebrate science and technology as an outpost of civilization, both are confident of a destiny of ever-increasing improvements for humankind. As...

What new can be said about crisis? What can be added that does not resonate, at least in most of the West, to a litany that has been documenting and warning, for almost five decades, about the worsening social inequalities and the monetary and financial collapses that are multiplying and...

The World Inequality Lab (WIL), Wealth and Inequality Research Focus, CALAS Laboratory of Knowledge, and World Elite Data Base Project.

For many analysts, Latin America has long stood out as one of the most unequal regions in the world. However, according to Juan Gabriel Palma, in recent decades this characteristic is less a hangover from the past than the destiny to which many developed countries seem to be heading. In his...

La economía como vocación / Claudio E. Benzecry --. - 1. El ascenso público y político de los economistas: Entre campos y redes ; Dos historias ; Una progresiva convergencia ; La destrucción creativa ; Conclusión --. - 2. La inflación: del mal necesario a la lucha de todos contra todos:...

Historians agree that bringing inflation under control became a crucial challenge for western governments in the 1970s and opened a space for experimentation to neoliberal policy. But inflation did not appear out of the blue with the oil crises. Widespread price rises were a current and...