This paper proposes three aspects to reflect: (1) The State we are in Colombia and the country we want; (2) A much-needed distinction between the Theory of Justice Rawls and Sen and (3) The stated priority of theory over practicality. Finally elaborated a question.

The total costs of carrying out the Navy’s 2015 shipbuilding plan—an average of about $21 billion per year (adjusted for inflation to 2014 dollars) over the next 30 years—would be one-third higher than the funding that the Navy has received in recent decades, CBO estimates. The Navy would...

CBO estimates the Administration’s plans for nuclear forces would cost $348 billion for the Departments of Defense and Energy for 2015–2024, a figure close to its 2013 estimate of $355 billion for the 2014–2023 period. Although those 10-year totals are similar, CBO projects DoD’s costs...

This contribution studies the influence of poor politico-economic factors, unfavorable demographic conditions, state failure, modernization, secularization, globalization and the perceived dependency of the Islamic world from the West on the onset of armed Islamist activity for 155 countries...

We explore trends over time in the labor force participation of veterans and non-veterans and investigate whether these patterns are consistent with a rising role for the Veterans’ Affairs Disability Compensation (DC) program, which pays benefits to veterans with service-connected disabilities...

The analysis of events of the First Intifada focused on the question of how well founded the decisions made at the time were to introduce radical changes in the terror-fighting strategy. Most sources treat the process at Oslo as an outgrowth of Israel’s inability to suppress the Arab riots. We...

Este artículo desarrolla un modelo de Solow-Swan modificado para incluir las consecuencias del conflicto armado y el crimen organizado en el ingreso de una economía. Utilizando un panel de datos a niveldepartamental para Colombia en el periodo 1988 - 2009 se estima la ecuación estructural que...

Este artículo formaliza a través de un mecanismo de principal-agente la política de seguridaddemocrática del gobierno de Uribe y muestra su relación con el incremento de las víctimas deejecuciones extrajudiciales. El modelo explica las fallas de la política de seguridad democráticaal...

We investigate the impact of 19 announcements of environmental regulation on the equities listed on the Australian Stock Exchange over the period 2005–2011. Using a well-established event study methodology, we assess whether these announcements are value constructive or destructive for equity...