Lanzado como un lema hace veinte años, el desarrollo sostenible se ha convertido en uno de los principales retos del siglo xxi. Presentado como la solución a todos los problemas que se plantean a la humanidad, el desarrollo sostenible aparece como un enigma: ¿Cómo es posible aumentar el...

Long memory in the volatility of individual return series and in the volatility of equal-weighted portfolios constituted by the individual return series is analyzed to see if the memory characteristic of the volatility representation is correlated with the portfolio characteristics of size,...

Until now, the capitalist system proved to be the most efficient one from an economic, technological, and social perspective. The purest form of capitalism is entrepreneurial capitalism, where small and medium enterprises play the leading role. In a post crises economy, SMEs seem to be the key...

The rhetoric of positivism had a profound effect on the worldview and practice of economists in the middle of the last century. Though this influence has greatly diminished, it still may be found in the attitude of many economists towards the history of their discipline. This paper traces the...

F. A. Hayek took two trips to Chile, the first in 1977, the second in 1981. The visits were controversial. On the first trip he met with Genera l Augusto Pinochet, who had led a coup that overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973. During his 1981 visit, Ha yek gave interviews that were published in the...

How did we come to think that eliminating poverty is a legitimate goal for public policy? What types of policies have emerged in the hope of attaining that goal? The last 200 years have witnessed a dramatic change in thinking about poverty. Mainstream economic thinking in the 18th century held...

For those who knew the behavioural rules of various participants in the U.S. housing market, it was quite easy to recognize the swelling bubble in this market and predict that it will inevitably burst. And the only ones who could know these rules, except those who directly apply them in...

This working paper tries to analyse the Spanish literature on Public Finance published during the first Third of the 20th Century. A History of Economic Thought approach has been adopted. The lack of research on this topic compelled us to identify the different authors, works and debates. This...