Spanish Abstract: Este artículo analiza el informe que la Comisión de Expertos para la Equidad y la Competitividad Tributaria presentó al gobierno colombiano. La situación fiscal del país se ha deteriorado por la caída de los precios del petróleo y de los hidrocarburos. El gobierno y la...

This paper shows the relationship between utilitarianism and measurements of poverty. Despite efforts to construct indexes that overcome utilitarianism's limitations, they are still profoundly influenced by the spirit of Bentham. It has not been possible to break the association between portions...

This document seeks to show the main properties of a standard of living index using the theoretical approach of Amartya Sen. We establish the link among concepts such as: welfare, well-being, agency achievement and standard of living. Optimal scaling methodology was fundamental in order to test...

William Vickrey, Nobel Laureate in 1996, made many significant contributions to economics. Paradoxically, his work can be considered both as the epitome of orthodoxy and as profoundly heterodox. This article reviews some of Vickrey’s major writings in fields as varied as the macroeconomics of...