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Brought to you by Penguin. Over the past two centuries, economic growth has freed billions from poverty and made our lives far healthier and longer. As a result, the unfettered pursuit of growth defines economic life around the world. Yet this prosperity has come at an enormous price: deepening...

Un regreso al pasado del dinero para entender su futuro El dinero ha sido y sigue siendo un elemento central en el desarrollo de las sociedades. Ha moldeado imperios. ha determinado el resultado de guerras y ha influido en las grandes innovaciones a lo largo de la historia. El estudio de la...

In The New Road to Serfdom, British conservative Daniel Hannan argues forcefully and passionately that Americans must not allow Barack Obama to take us down the road to EU-style social democracy. Instead, he pleads with Americans not to abandon the founding principles that made their country a beacon of liberty for the rest of the world.

Increasingly, we are witnessing popular uprisings around the globe that, contrary to historical insurrections confined to less developed countries and poverty, now share common banners of struggle such as inflation, inequality, elite abuse, immigration, all at the heart of globalization and capitalism which, at the risk of losing its monopolistic and privileged position of the last four decades, requires equally dramatic adjustments.

Todo lo que uno se imaginaba (y algo más) sobre los juegos de azar en España, y nadie había recopilado e investigado con tanta minuciosidad. La crisis financiera y económica, con sus secuelas de desempleo, precariedad y aumento de las desigualdades, está siendo aprovechada como caldo de...