Resumen: en 2009 América Latina vive un proceso electoral agitado: siete elecciones presidenciales, dos referendos y tres elecciones legislativas, así lo evidencian. Sin embargo, son las elecciones presidenciales las que mayor interés despiertan, debido a la ola reeleccionista que agita a la...

Resumen: Bolivia entró en el último lustro en un periodo de profundas transformaciones políticas y económicas, evidenciadas en una serie de reformas que el presidente Evo Morales ha realizado después de su asenso al poder en enero de 2006 y con él el partido de izquierda Movimiento al...

Resumen: el presente artículo hace una descripción y un balance de la dinámica y coyuntura de la economía política de América del Sur. Muestra la situación actual como resultado de la confluencia de factores económicos y políticos y clasifica a los países de Suramérica en tres grupos:...

In 1973, Augusto Pinochet led a US-backed coup against Salvador Allende, Chile's democratically elected president. Pinochet's supporters argued that the coup was the only way to save the country amid statism and socioeconomic breakdown. But how much was Allende to blame for the crisis that...

This paper deals with approval voting and its critical strategy profile. Approval voting is a single winner voting system used for multi-candidate elections. In this method each voter may vote for as many of the candidates as she wishes that is the voter votes for all candidates of whom the...

This paper deals with approval voting and its critical strategy profile. Approval voting is a single winner voting system used for multi-candidate elections. In this method each voter may vote for as many of the candidates as she wishes that is the voter votes for all candidates of whom the...

Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience find that fictional works exert strong influence on readers and shape their opinions and worldviews. We study the Potterian economy, which we compare to economic models, to assess how Harry Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some...

Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience find that fictional works exert strong influence on readers and shape their opinions and worldviews. We study the Potterian economy, which we compare to economic models, to assess how Harry Potter books affect economic literacy. We find that some...

Economic organization of the imaginary worlds depicted in popular literary works may be viewed as a mirror to public opinion on the economic organization of life. If a book becomes a best-seller, it is because the book conveys messages, feelings, and events the readers can relate to. In other...

Recent studies in psychology and neuroscience offer systematic evidence that fictional works exert a surprisingly strong influence on readers and have the power to shape their opinions and worldviews. Building on these findings, we study ‘Potterian economics’, the economic ideas, insights...