Spanish Abstract: Albert Hirschman vivió casi cinco años en Colombia, donde según él, adquirió un punto de vista. Este punto de vista le permitió formular una aproximación original al desarrollo, alejada de las grandes teorías y del mero empirismo; lo llamó una estrategia de desarrollo...

This document outlines the basic concepts of economic theory that are used to evaluate alternative social states, based on the formulation of a social welfare function that either permits or denies interpersonal comparisons of utility. Specially, it shows different approaches of old and new...

José Alonso López is among the most suggestive figures of the first Spanish liberalism. Some of the most outstanding features in his thought are the object of this article: the links between political and economic liberalism; his criticisms to economic abstractions detached from factual...

This article explains two enigmas related to the scientific career of Thomas C. Schelling, Nobel Price in Economics 2005: How to explain his capacity to always produce new ideas? Why have his multiple pioneer ideas had more impact on other social sciences and not on economics? The paper proposes...

Spanish Abstract: El presente documento pretende abordar elementos clave de la política turística trabajada por Colombia durante la última década, política iniciada a la par con el plan de seguridad democrática con que a través de una presencia más fuerte de las instituciones de...

«Reflexiones sobre el estado actual del comercio de España» —Reflections on the current state of commerce in Spain— was anonymously published in 1761. At the time both the treatise and its author, the merchant Simón de Aragorri, were well known. Nevertheless, the work vanished for...

Spanish Abstract: Este artículo analiza desde el enfoque monetarista la propuesta de crear una nueva moneda en el Mercado Común del Sur (MERCOSUR) como opción para recuperar el dinamismo observado en la década precedente. La hipótesis sugiere que la creación de una nueva moneda es deseable...

The Batllismo was a defining political and cultural phenomenon of Uruguay in the first three decades of the twentieth century. One of the most characteristic aspects of his speech and action was economic and social reformism. Within the limits of capitalism and political liberalism, it was...