So far in 2009, due to the intensification of armed conflict, approximately 15 thousand Colombians crossed some border areas of Colombia with Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela. The Lower Putumayo (Putumayo), area of application of Plan Colombia, was the region most affected by armed confrontation...

This article proposes a reading of the armed conflict from an evolutionary design that takes into account the concept of private protection agencies in the works of Schelling/ Nozic/Gambetta. Their aim is to assess the dynamics of conflict and changes from its author's scientific output. A...

The emergence, development, growth and decline of cities is rooted in the history of time that is changed by it. In urban areas of Santander, Boyacá, Nariño and Arauca, still echo the old foundations of cities: characteristics of sacred sites, insurance and assets. This was true during the...

The article aims to show how the epistemology of science can reassess the criteria of simplicity in economic research. It is made with this objective an evaluation of simplicity in the economy since the classic works of Adam Smith and David Ricardo. Then it extends the concept to work in Arrow...

This paper analyzes the tragedy of forced displacement in Colombia. The victims of displacement and the effects of this phenomenon on the economy of cities. The analytical framework from which to study the problem is the social network theory

This paper incorporates non-classical logic for the analysis of the economy. Especially we study the argumentation in the discussions on free trade. More specifically the opposing positions of Daly and Bahwati

This article evaluates Herbert A. Simon’s contribution to organization theory, placing special emphasis on the idea of bounded rationality. It interprets Simon’s criticism of the orthodox version of organizational bureaucracy and extends his analysis to the institutional economics. One of...

This article proposes a reading of the armed conflict from an evolutionary design that takes into account the concept of private protection agencies in the works of Schelling/Nozick/Gambetta. Their aim is to assess the dynamics of conflict and changes from its author’s scientific output. A...

The aim of this paper is to explain the relevance of the theory of indirect communication strategy and negotiating conflict. Based on Thomas Schelling illustrates indirect communication cases: bribery and threats. It shows that both bribery and threats are rational preference mechanisms, whose...

El objetivo central de este artículo es explicar la relevancia de la comunicación indirecta en teoría de la estrategia y negociación de conflictos. Con base en Thomas Schelling se ilustran casos específicos de comunicación indirecta: el soborno y la amenaza. Se demuestra que tanto el...