Professor González criticizes the separation of the microeconomic and the macroeconomics, he considers this inadequate not only from the theoretical point of view, but also from a pedagogical perspective. The first part of the article shows how economic theory has been built without...

This paper parts from the work developed by Sen about metaorders and metapreferences to explain illegality as a rational problem. After showing the scope of this categories, the author exposes some limits of the benefit cost analysis of illegality. He continues suggesting that the concept of...

This article summarizes the main line thought of Eduardo Wiesner, who has greatly influenced Colombian public policy. Wiesner is aware of the most important discussions on contemporary economic theory and has been able to convert them into legislative proposals. He shows the importance of market...

From a general perspective, one could argue that large State transformations are reflected in income, expenditure and employment. The information that the Dane on income (tax and nontax) is easier and more orderly than spending and employment. This difference is explained, in part because the...

When receiving the Nobel Prize, Hurwicz took up the question "who is watching the guards?" and considered two approaches. One pessimistic, inspired by Juvenal, which leads to an infinite sequence of guards, and one idealistic, derived from the Platonic dialogues. The guard cannot get drunk, and...

Spanish Abstract: Los análisis del gasto público en Colombia tienden a concentrarse en aspectos coyunturales y suelen concluir que se debe reducir para garantizar el equilibrio macroeconómico. Este artículo parte del hecho de que la Constitución de 1991 adoptó un Estado de derecho que...

The article shows that the disjunctive stated by Hernandez et. al. between pay or excise national public debt is not relevant. Discussion should focus on the current price that is paid for national public debt. Treasury is offering TES on the market at an interest rate much greater than DTF....

This paper parts from the work developed by Sen about metaorders and metapreferences to explain illegality as a rational problem. After showing the scope of this categories, the author exposes some limits of the benefit cost analysis of illegality. He continues suggesting that the concept of...