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(Escrito en 2002 luego de la Crisis Argentina de Diciembre 2001) A mediados del 2002, cuando cursaba mi MBA en Estados Unidos , estaba comenzando a expandirse el uso de los Weblogs o Blogs, una especie de bitácora en internet donde uno escribe u opina sobre los temas que le interesen, para entonces, me pareció un buen ejercicio intelectual, dejar registrado mis ideas y opiniones sobre los

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[http://pablo.presas.googlepages.com/Borrador_Cap_1y2.doc] Bajar Borrador Capítulos I y IICapítulo IEL DERRUMBE DE LA ARGENTINAEn 1973, en el aeropuerto de Madrid, el General Franco despedía al General Perón, quien regresaba a la Argentina luego de dos décadas de exilio. El primero, dominaba la España fascista desde hacia 35 años, el segundo, presente o ausente, desde octubre del 45 se había

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[http://www.ppionline.org/ppi_ci.cfm?knlgAreaID=108&subsecid=900010&contentid=253700] Lands of Milk & Money American and European Dairy Protection Under the World Trade Organization By Emily Bleimund (Progressive Policy Institute) Introduction December's World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Hong Kong gave America and the other 148 WTO members one year to agree on a sweeping reform of

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Reducción de la pobreza y crecimiento: Círculos virtuosos y círculos viciososAmérica Latina necesita reducir la pobreza para impulsar el crecimiento (Banco Mundial)Los países de América Latina deben luchar contra la pobreza de manera más enérgica si desean alcanzar mayor crecimiento y competir con China y otras economías dinámicas de Asia, según afirma un nuevo informe del Banco Mundial.Según el

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[http://www.atlas.org.ar/Articulos/articulos.asp?Id=4570] Actualidad Si quieres una República (Las treinta y tres columnas) Artículo publicado en ATLAS.org.ar , escrito por Pablo López Herrera Si vis pacem, para bellum. Si quieres la paz, decían los antiguos, prepárate para la guerra.Si quieres una republica y paz, la tranquilidad del orden (tranquilitas ordinis), tendrás que

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[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/16/AR2006021601653.html] Rompiendo filas en el Banco MundialPor Marcela SanchezEspecial para washingtonpost.comFriday, February 17, 2006; 12:00 AMEl Banco Mundial anunció esta semana que América Latina necesita reducir la pobreza para fomentar el crecimiento. Para algunos esa declaración solo puede significar que la institución

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[http://www.mises.org/story/2028] Este artículo sobre los Monopolios de los Servicios Públicos nos da mas herramientas para comprender las "Fallas en Nuestra Economía de Mercado" (Cap.IV) Why Public Utility Monopolies Failby Gennady Stolyarov IIfrom MISES INSTITUTETo prevent "burdensome competition" among utilities in a given area, governments have often granted legal local monopolies to

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[http://www.worldbankinfoshop.org/ecommerce/catalog/product?item_id=5279245] From Development Gateway Bookstore: Using an interdisciplinary approach, this collection of essays examines the recent economic and political collapse of Argentina. The volume's contributors bring a diversity of viewpoints as historians, economists, sociologists, journalists, and architects from North and South America.

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[http://www.clarin.com/suplementos/especiales2/2005/12/08/l-01109573.htm] Políticas de Estado para el desarrollo de la ArgentinaLos desafíos pendientes del BicentenarioClarín, en el marco de su 60° aniversario, se propuso abrir un espacio abierto y plural para pensar el país a largo plazo.En reuniones abiertas, especialistas del ámbito académico, del mundo social y político, del sector público y

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[http://eltiempo.terra.com.co/economia/2006-02-05/ARTICULO-WEB-_NOTA_INTERIOR-2727836.html] (Articulo publicado en el diario Colombiano El TIEMPO), con motivo del demorado proceso de firma de un TLC con USA. Los colombianos, inteligentemente, se niegan a firmar "cualquier" tratado, y saben que no firmarlo, muchas veces puede ser mejor que firmar un tratado desastroso para su desarrollo.Manual de

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[http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=9250379] Desde Amazon me llegó hoy una recomendación sobre el libro "LA CRISIS DEL CAPITALISMO ARGENTINO" de Paul Lewis de la Universidad de North Carolina. Lo primero que cruzó por mi mente fue "otro ensayo sobre los origenes de la crisis del 2001", pero luego me doy cuenta que es un libro publicado en 1990!!! y que abarca el período desde 1910 (cuando la

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[http://www.atlas.org.ar/Archivos/governancia.pdf] Este artículo escrito por Rodolfo Apreda y que se encuentra en el sitio de la fundación ATLAS es una buena introducción para comprender los problemas de CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, mencionados en mi paper sobre la República Ineficiente, tema mayormente investigado para el sector privado pero que ultimamente está siendo trasladado al sector público.Vale

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[http://www.cipe.org/publications/education/ip/IP0405.pdf] Democratic Governance: The Key to Political and Economic ReformLack of democratic governance seriously threatens democracy-building and market-based reforms worldwide. In some countries, the absence of democratic governance has engendered populism, socialism, and even terrorism. Establishing the necessary governance institutions is

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[http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2006-01-25T132722Z_01_L20367972_RTRUKOC_0_US-DAVOS-GLOBALISATION.xml] Hemos quedado afuera, aún con salarios bajos, no podemos competir con China, India, Brasil o Rusia. Cual es la estrategia de Argentina hoy? Globalization focus shifts from costs to customersBy Ben Hirschler (Reuters)DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - The

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[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0271027169/102-5632361-9636942?n=283155] Parece interesante este libro, aún no ha sido publicado, pero ya se puede reservar en Amazon. Argentine Democracy: The Politics of Institutional Weakness (Paperback)by Steven Levitsky (Editor), Maria Victoria Murillo (Editor)# Paperback: 320 pages# Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press (January 18, 2006)# Language

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[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/edicionimpresa/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=774176] Lo que sigue, es una transcripción parcial de una muy interesante entrevista que La Nación le hizo a Daniel Zovatto, reconocido politicólogo argentino. ...viene del artículo completo -Y desaprovechamos algunos beneficios de la globalización.-Hay que tomar conciencia de que en el actual contexto de globalización no hay

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[http://siteresources.worldbank.org/INTDECABC2006/Resources/GuillermoPerry.PDF] Trade Liberalization, Inequality and Poverty Reduction in Latin America Guillermo Perry, Marcelo OlarreagaPaper presented at ABCDE, San Petersburg, January 2006ABSTRACTTrade liberalization in the late eighties and early nineties in Latin America was accompanied by increases in skill premiums and wage inequality, and

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[http://tqe.quaker.org/wealth-and-poverty/18soamer.htm] Extracto del libro "History of Wealth and Poverty" sobre las fallas de Argentina en mantener un desarrollo económico durable.Untitled1Three Historic PropertiesThe failure of durable economic development in Argentina stems from three historic properties:• Power for its own sake—not just for the economic advantage it brings—is demanded by

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[http://tqe.quaker.org/wealth-and-poverty/] Un libro muy interesante para leer online y gratis!! Historia de la Riqueza y la Pobreza: ¿Por qué unas pocas naciones son ricas y muchas son pobres?A History of Wealth and Poverty: "A History of Wealth and PovertyWhy a Few Nations are Rich and Many Poorby John P. PowelsonEmeritus Professor of EconomicsUniversity of Colorado[Original title: Centuries of

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[http://www.cipe.org/publications/fs/ert/s13/nortS13.htm] Douglass North: Por que algunas naciones logran sostener el desarrollo por Peter Z. GrossmanPeter C. Grossman fue un alumno, y posteriormente un colega, del Dr. Douglass North en Washington Universidad, en St. Louis. Actualmente ocupa la Cátedra Clarence Efroymson y es profesor asociado de economía en la Universidad Butler.Aunque un número

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[http://www.hacer.org/current/ARG151.php] As he has done for the past 20 years, Pepe Eliaschev ended his radio show on Argentina's public broadcaster on December 30th by urging his audience to tune in next week. Just minutes later, he says, the station's boss told him that an order had come “from above” to drop the programme, despite a contractual requirement of at least a week's notice.The

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[http://www.cep.org.ar/articulo.php?doc=el_pendulo_argentino&ids=207] El pendulo argentino Mario Teijeiro, 03 de Enero del 2006 La cumbre de Mar del Plata, el acercamiento a Chávez, el cambio de gabinete y la “declaración de independencia” asociada al pago al FMI, son indicadores muy claros que Kirchner giró a la izquierda. Estamos nuevamente recorriendo el tradicional péndulo argentino,

Pablo Presasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886170.post-1138918611504912302005-07-10T17:16:00.000-04:002006-02-02T18:42:50.976-05:00

[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/wsj/nota.asp?nota_id=722356] La falta de movilidad social sigue siendo una pesada herencia en América latina | LA NACION LINE: "el trabajo duro ofrece poca garantía de lograr el éxito'. "TEHUACAN, México— Sergio Martínez, un hojalatero que mantiene a los siete miembros de su familia con el equivalente a unos pocos dólares al día, ahorraba cada peso que podía para pagar

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Agreeing on Africa, up to a point | Economist.com George Bush and Tony Blair have agreed that America will funnel more money towards Africa, and the G8 has reached a deal on broad-based debt relief. But if rich countries are really serious about poverty reduction, they should also curb subsidies that keep out products from the poor world IS 2005 the year when Africa finally starts getting the

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Losing Our Country - New York Times Losing Our Country * E-Mail This * Printer-Friendly By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: June 10, 2005 Baby boomers like me grew up in a relatively equal society. In the 1960's America was a place in which very few people were extremely wealthy, many blue-collar workers earned wages that placed them comfortably in the middle class, and working

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Una disputa de Boeing y Airbus deja al desnudo las deficiencias de la OMC | LA NACION LINE GINEBRA — En sus labores diarias como diplomático de la Organización Mundial de Comercio (OMC) en esta ciudad, el islandés Stefan Johannesson, no está acostumbrado a dar órdenes a otros países. Pero la situación cambia cuando trabaja de vez en cuando en el tribunal de comercio de la OMC. Johannesson

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[http://2think.org/rs-2001-3.shtml] Is it rational to be ethical? Many philosophers have wrestled with this most fundamental of questions, attempting to clarify whether humans are well served by ethical rules or whether they weigh us down. Would we really be better off if we all gave in to the desire to just watch out for our own interests and take the greatest advantage to ourselves whenever we

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A veces, la Argentina transita escenarios delirantes. Por ejemplo, la UIA dice que Néstor Kirchner se asemeja a Arturo Frondizi, y el grupo de comunicación que le debe mucho a Frondizi comete el desatino de avalar el delirio porque quiere que K funde un banco estatal que pueda financiarle la compra de Grupo CableVisión (ya que no tiene el dinero para pagar las acciones y no puede emitir deuda

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Blogs Will Change Your Business Blogs Will Change Your Business Look past the yakkers, hobbyists, and political mobs. Your customers and rivals are figuring blogs out. Our advice: Catch up...or catch you later Monday 9:30 a.m. It's time for a frank talk. And no, it can't wait. We know, we know: Most of you are sick to death of blogs. Don't even want to hear about these millions of online

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/02/opinion/02brooks.html?incamp=article_popular_1&oref=login] Esta discusión se puede y debe aplicar a la economía y sus numerosos fallos en la Argentina.Un estudiante de Yale compara en un paper las 2 visiones de las Ciencias SocialesPor un lado:Sherman Kent, who argued that social science and intelligence analysis needed a systematic method, "much like the method

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[http://www.udp.cl/economiayempresa/docs/DT_8_DEF-UDP.pdf] Este paper (en inglés) argumenta que uno de los mayores determinantes de la desigualdad de ingresos de los países, es la historia colonial de cada uno de ellos. El colonialismo creó una estructura muy desigual, y dicha estructura desigual de la distribución del ingreso terminó siendo persistente con el paso del tiempo. Este paper compara

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[http://www.cep.org.ar/articulo.php?doc=el_debate_ideologico&ids=189] El debate ideológico Mario Teijeiro, 08 de Febrero del 2005 El debate ideológico entre izquierdas y derechas ha reducido sus diferencias en el mundo desarrollado. Es que el fracaso estrepitoso de la utopía comunista ha dejado al capitalismo privado como el único camino posible. El socialismo se ha “aggiornado” para llegar

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[http://www.cep.org.ar/articulo.php?doc=la_igualdad_de_oportunidades&ids=185] La igualdad de oportunidades Mario Teijeiro, 16 de Enero del 2005 Una justa distribución del ingreso es el objetivo preferido de los políticos, pero es un objetivo inalcanzable. La igualdad de oportunidades parece en cambio un objetivo más realista, con el que coincide una parte importante del pensamiento

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[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=663146] Mas de lo mismo...la reforma que nunca llega.LA NACION LINE --Posted by Alberdi & Urquiza to Capítulo V: Nuestra democracia y sus conflictos at 12/15/2004 07:28:00 AM

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Economist.com | The future of the dollar The future of the dollar The passing of the buck? Dec 2nd 2004 From The Economist print edition America's policies are putting at risk the dollar's role as the world's dominant international currency Get article background FORECASTING exchange rates is an inexact business. As Alan Greenspan, the chairman of America's Federal Reserve, once said,

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The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The 9/11 Bubble The 9/11 Bubble By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN The Washington Post had a story on Monday that contained possibly the greatest hint to a sitting cabinet secretary to start looking for another job that has ever been printed. The article reported, "One senior administration official said Treasury Secretary John W. Snow can stay as long as he

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[http://www.economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3444899] Economist.com | Reforming the UN: " Towards a more relevant United NationsDec 1st 2004 From The Economist Global AgendaLong-awaited proposals on reforming the United Nations have been unveiled. Backers hope they will rejuvenate the world body. But they come at a time when the UN is under fire—especially from Americans, many of

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Economist.com | Books of the year 2004 _____________________________________________ Fiction and memoirs _____________________________________________ The Plot Against America. By Philip Roth. Houghton Mifflin; 400 pages; $26. Jonathan Cape; £16.99 A novel about what happens to one Jewish family—the Roths of Newark, indeed—when America’s welcome is gradually rescinded. The book imagines a

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[http://cep.org.ar/articulo.php?ids=182] Argentina, destino africano? Jose Luis Espert, 31 de Octubre del 2004 Los indicadores económicos de corto plazo son espectaculares. Estamos creciendo por segundo año consecutivo en el orden del 8%, con chances que a fines de 2005 recuperemos los paradigmáticos niveles de actividad de mediados de 1998. La situación fiscal es sólida. La tasa de

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[http://www.economist.com/opinion/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3352924] Economist.comBy invitation: Richard Haass The world on his deskNov 4th 2004 | NEW YORK From The Economist print editionA briefing for the weary winner from the man in charge of policy and planning at the State Department in 2001-03AS GEORGE BUSH contemplates his second term, he faces far more challenges, and more difficult

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Economist.com | The dollar A further steep decline in the dollar seems inevitable MOST economists, and this newspaper, have been fretting about America's huge current-account deficit and predicting the dollar's sharp decline for years. The trouble with crying wolf too often is that people stop believing you. After slipping 14% in broad trade-weighted terms since 2002, the dollar had stabilised

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Economist.com Short haircuts all round Nov 2nd 2004 From The Economist Global Agenda Argentina has unveiled a new offer to the creditors it stopped paying almost three years ago. Will this end the largest sovereign default in history? Get article background A HAIRCUT or a scalping? That is what Argentina’s disgruntled creditors are asking themselves after the country’s economy

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[http://www.magazine.ucla.edu/year2004/spring04_09.html] In the new global economy, rich and poor nations are doing fine. It is those like the countries of Latin America in the middle that are strugglingBy Geoffrey GarrettIt is sometimes hard to remember that the debate over globalization dominated world politics from the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s until September 11, 2001. On one side

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The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: A Culture of Cover-Ups A Culture of Cover-Ups By PAUL KRUGMAN Aides to John Kerry say that if he wins, he'll replace Porter Goss as head of the C.I.A. Let's hope so: Mr. Goss has already confirmed the fears of those who worried about his appointment by placing Republican staff members from Capitol Hill in key positions and raising fears about a

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The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Hunting the Tiger Hunting the Tiger By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN I'm sure that experts would tell us there are many reasons that the presidential race is too close to call, but I would argue that it all comes down to this one simple point: We still don't know which man used the debates to overcome his biggest liability. Let me explain. I believe there

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[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=645480&origen=ranking] El nivel de calificación de nuestra burocracia también es una causa de nuestro derrumbe relativo, solo basta comparar con los competitivos concursos de ingresos al sector público en Brasil, o los de EEUU (un ejemplo es el concurso de ingreso al Servicio Exterior), para darse una idea de la inferioridad de condiciones en

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/15/opinion/15krugman.html?hp=&oref=login&pagewanted=print&position=] Block the VoteBy PAUL KRUGMAN Earlier this week former employees of Sproul & Associates (operating under the name Voters Outreach of America), a firm hired by the Republican National Committee to register voters, told a Nevada TV station that their supervisors systematically tore up Democratic

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Addicted to 9/11 By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN I don't know whether to laugh or cry when I hear the president and vice president slamming John Kerry for saying that he hopes America can eventually get back to a place where "terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance." The idea that President Bush and Mr. Cheney would declare such a statement to be proof that Mr. Kerry is unfit to

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LA NACION LINE La semana política I Breve historia de nuestra deuda externa A medida que se acerca la hora de la verdad de la negociación con nuestros acreedores, crecen las expectativas. Del lado del Gobierno se ve el acuerdo con las AFJP, que concentran una quinta parte de la deuda en estado de negociación, como un augurio de que finalmente una alta proporción de los acreedores aceptará la

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Preparing to take the Foreign Service exam (Moren than 10,000 applicants for only 150 to 200 spots in US) On the other hand, with only 25 places available per year in Argentina, it should be expected more than 1,000 people taking the exam) Emily Dixon The Daily Next month, several UW students from a variety of educational and career backgrounds will take a test to qualify for a

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Ignorance Isn't Strength By PAUL KRUGMAN, Published: October 8, 2004 I first used the word "Orwellian" to describe the Bush team in October 2000. Even then it was obvious that George W. Bush surrounds himself with people who insist that up is down, and ignorance is strength. But the full costs of his denial of reality are only now becoming clear. President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/07/business/07scene.html?pagewanted=print&position=] Todos cometemos errores en políticas públicas, pero la clave es aprender la lección, no sólo para remediar el error sino para encontrar mejores soluciones en el futuro ante similares problemas.A Public Policy Failure (publicado en el New York Times)By VIRGINIA POSTREL DALLAS PUBLIC policy experiments rarely

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[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/herramientas/printfriendly/printfriendly.asp?origen=3ra&nota_id=641728] Historia de los redescuentosCómo financiar el crecimientoPor Roberto Cortés Conde Para LA NACIONUn mercado de capitales eficiente es un instrumento necesario para canalizar los ahorros hacia la inversión y promover el crecimiento. Entre fines de siglo XIX y la Primera Guerra Mundial, la Argentina

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[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/opinion/nota.asp?nota_id=641709] Por Mariano Grondona (en LA NACION)En 1917, cuando arreciaba la Primera Guerra Mundial, estalló la Revolución Rusa. Caído el zar Nicolás II, el gobierno ruso pasó a manos del socialista "menchevique" Kerenski, un moderado que mantuvo la alianza con Francia y los países aliados contra Alemania. El Estado Mayor alemán, sabiendo que el

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Iraq: Politics or Policy? By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Sorry, I've been away writing a book. I'm back, so let's get right down to business: We're in trouble in Iraq. I don't know what is salvageable there anymore. I hope it is something decent and I am certain we have to try our best to bring about elections and rebuild the Iraqi Army to give every chance for decency to emerge there. But here is the

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[http://lanacion.com.ar/EdicionImpresa/politica/nota.asp?nota_id=641525] LA NACION LINEEl verdadero muro que se interpone entre Chile y Argentina no es la cordillera de los Andes, sino el legado del peronismo y su lógica perversaCon este mismo título, Alejandro Magnet rebautizó y reescribió su anterior libro, "Nuestros vecinos justicialistas" (1953), en que relata de manera descarnada los rasgos

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The New York Times > Books > Sunday Book Review > Essay: The Widening Web of Digital Lit The World Wide Web is a glorious collection of the best that has been thought and said, especially if it involves Free Mortgage Advice 4 U! or sexual positions that approach the purely theoretical. In addition, however, the Web is home to hundreds of sites that talk about, pick on, poke at and generally mull

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/01/politics/campaign/01dtext.html?pagewanted=print&position=] Siempre es bueno saber que se discute en una campaña presidencial en la mayor economía del mundo... (Mejor aún verlo en vivo y en directo por TV)Following is a transcript of the presidential debate last night in Coral Gables, Fla., between President Bush and Senator John Kerry, as recorded by The New

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[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/herramientas/printfriendly/printfriendly.asp?origen=3ra&nota_id=640349] Esto es increible, en vez de precedir y aconsejar ex-ante, el Bco Mundial analiza ex-post lo ya sumamente obvio y conocido por todos.!!!!Declaraciones del titular del Banco Mundial"El crecimiento es insuficiente para reducir la pobreza"François Bourguignon dijo que ésto ocurrió en la Argentina en

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[http://www.agendaestrategica.com.ar/EstrategiaDetalles.asp?IdMaterial=598] UNA NUEVA OPORTUNIDAD HISTÓRICA, BASES PARA UNA ALTERNATIVA POLÍTICADocumento de trabajo elaborado por Jorge Raventos, Pascual Albanese y Jorge Castro del INSTITUTO DE PLANEAMIENTO ESTRATEGICOCONTENIDO1 ) PENSAR LO NUEVO, PENSAR DE NUEVO2 ) LA REVOLUCIÓN DE LOS ALIMENTOS3 ) EL CAMINO DE CANADÁ Y AUSTRALIA4 )REPOBLAR LA

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LA NACION LINE NUEVA YORK.– Saco abierto, corbata afuera y, como el año pasado, saliéndose del libreto, el presidente Néstor Kirchner utilizó ayer su discurso ante las Naciones Unidas (ONU) para lanzar una crítica durísima contra el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) y reafirmar los principales lineamientos políticos de su gestión. El endeudamiento externo, los derechos humanos, las islas

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The New York Times > Education > Collapse of 60 Charter Schools Leaves Californians Scrambling Si esto pasa en California, en Argentina se puede experar que suceda en forma magnificada. Conclusión: Charter Schools no es una buena idea para este país. Es tan sólo una solución económica deductiva basada en el supuesto de perfecta racionalidad y que no garantiza mejores resultados que la educación

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/opinion/10krugman.html?hp=] The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: The Dishonesty ThingBy PAUL KRUGMANIt's the dishonesty, stupid. The real issue in the National Guard story isn't what George W. Bush did three decades ago. It's the recent pattern of lies: his assertions that he fulfilled his obligations when he obviously didn't, the White House's

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The New York Times > Health > Sick of Work: Always on the Job, Employees Pay With Health SICK OF WORK Always on the Job, Employees Pay With Health By JOHN SCHWARTZ American workers are stressed out, and in an unforgiving economy, they are becoming more so every day. Sixty-two percent say their workload has increased over the last six months; 53 percent say work leaves them "overtired and

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Political Database of the Americas

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Go East, Young MBAs China's booming economy, multinationals' greater presence there, and weak U.S. hiring cause more Chinese studying abroad to return home Mason Xu, 29, graduated from Harvard Business School in 2003, saddled with $70,000 in debt from both his degree and his wife's master's degree from a nearby college. Yet he turned down two job offers in the U.S., instead choosing to work as

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The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Feel the Hate Feel the Hate By PAUL KRUGMAN Published: September 3, 2004 "I don't know where George Soros gets his money," one man said. "I don't know where - if it comes from overseas or from drug groups or where it comes from." George Soros, another declared, "wants to spend $75 million defeating George W. Bush because Soros wants to legalize

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/02/opinion/02thu2.html?ex=1251864000&en=861fd8cbc4aaeb6d&ei=5089&partner=rssyahoo] The New York Times > Opinion > Corporate Kleptocracy(Esta clase de problemas no son exclusivos de nuestra economía como se puede deducir de este artículo)White-collar crooks typically skim from the top, but Conrad Black stands accused of pocketing the whole top, the middle and much

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HP World Our first HP tidbit comes not from the HP World conference being held here this week but from a couple of South American papers. This information is a tad stale, but was missed entirely by US and European tech press corps and so deserves a mention a now. It turns out that during a recent visit to South America, HP's CEO Carly Fiorina was snubbed by Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner.

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/17/opinion/17krugman.html?hp] Democracry? Saving the Voteby PAUL KRUGMANEveryone knows it, but not many politicians or mainstream journalists are willing to talk about it, for fear of sounding conspiracy-minded: there is a substantial chance that the result of the 2004 presidential election will be suspect.When I say that the result will be suspect, I don't mean

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Venezuela’s electoral authorities say President Hugo Chávez has won a referendum called by his opponents in an attempt to force him out. Opposition leaders are crying foul but it looks like Mr Chávez and his incompetent “Bolivarian revolution” will roll on... ...Mr Chávez’s apparent victory may be another manifestation of poorer Latin Americans’ loss of faith in the free-market reforms that

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[http://www.infobae.com/notas/nota_imprimir.php?Idx=133139] Justicialismo y Mercadopor Carlos Menem (en Infobae)Releyendo el Sistema económico y rentístico del genial Juan Bautista Alberdi, me detuve en sus advertencias acerca “de cómo las garantías económicas de la Constitución pueden ser derogadas por las leyes que se diesen para garantizar su ejercicio”, en una suerte de triquiñuela jurídica y

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[http://www.economist.com/world/la/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=3084404] Latin Americans believe their democracies benefit a privileged few, not the many—but they don't want a return to dictatorshipCONTRARY to much punditry suggesting that the region risks a return to authoritarianism, roughly half of Latin Americans continue to support democracy, though few think it is working well. A much

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[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/herramientas/printfriendly/printfriendly.asp?origen=diario&nota_id=626373] Se desconocen sus principios, sostiene el sociólogo francés Raymond BoudonPARIS.– La ignorancia es la principal razón con la que Raymond Boudon explica por qué en Francia el liberalismo no es popular. El público, y también numerosos intelectuales, tienen tendencia a confundir el liberalismo con

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"When Friday's dismal job report was released, traders in the Chicago pit began chanting, 'Kerry, Kerry.' But apologists for President Bush's economic policies are frantically spinning the bad news. Here's a guide to their techniques." The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Spin the Payrolls

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[http://www.worldbank.org/research/inequality/worldincomedistrubition.htm] Working Papers & Research del Banco Mundial sobre La Distribución del Ingreso en el MundoWorld Bank Inequality WebPage --Posted by Alberdi & Urquiza to Capítulo II: Bienestar y distribución del Ingreso at 8/08/2004 04:40:00 PM

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[http://www.pkarchive.org/crises/DutchTulips.html] ANOTHER BUBBLE BURSTSDuring the first half of the 1990s, both economic and political events in developing countries defied all expectations. Nations that most thought would not regain access to world financial markets for a generation abruptly became favorites of private investors, who plied them with capital inflows on a scale not seen since

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[http://www.economist.com/world/europe/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=2963080] The price of unexpected successThe third reform, guillotined through parliament this week to howls of protest from the opposition Socialist Party—a move which in itself triggered the vote of confidence—decentralises a bit of the civil service. The law devolves certain responsibilities, including national roads, most

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[http://www.economist.com/opinion/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=2963168] Economist.com "Malnutrition makes the poor less productive. To beat poverty, hunger must first be defeatedWFPPEOPLE in very poor countries are, on average, less intelligent than those in rich ones. Some readers may be shocked by this statement, so let's rephrase it. Some 800m people do not have enough to eat. Without proper

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According to the latest figures, the American economy hit a soft patch in the spring. Will it bounce back, or get bogged down? Jul 30th 2004 AMERICANS have fallen prey to a variety of economic anxieties in the past year—some real, some imagined. First, they fretted that growth was not translating into jobs, then that growth might spill over into inflation. But growth itself, sometimes at

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IOL: Bono and Marquez defend Argentina's debt: "Bono and Marquez defend Argentina's debt 31/07/2004 - 20:45:31 Rock star Bono and writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez have signed a statement that has appeared in American newspapers - defending Argentina's debt restructuring offer. The U2 singer, Nobel literature laureate Marquez and former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev have all added their

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Global hunger is on the wane but it is still hampering the growth of people, and of economies THERE are not enough classrooms at the Msekeni primary school, so half the lessons take place in the shade of yellow-blossomed acacia trees. Given this shortage, it might seem odd that one of the school's purpose-built classrooms has been emptied of pupils and turned into a storeroom for sacks of grain.

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[http://www.iigov.org/dhial/?p=4_02] César YáñezDoctor en Historia y Profesor de Historia Económica en la Universitat de Barcelona Investigador en el IIGUna senda histórica comúnDesde el siglo XVIII hasta mediados del siglo XX, España compartió con América Latina una senda histórica común en lo que hace a su desarrollo económico. La interpretación neoinstitucional del atraso económico, sugiere

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"Microsoft is to return $75 billion to its owners in the biggest-ever disbursement of its kind. The company had resisted making any payouts for years, but the maturing of its business and the ending of many of its legal battles have left it with no more excuses" CONVENTIONAL wisdom holds that companies ought to pay out their cash in the form of regular dividends in order to satisfy shareholders.

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"...The opposition is intensifying because corporations from Crate & Barrel to Banana Republic are rediscovering downtowns. After abandoning urban centers for suburban malls and strip shopping centers, many retailers are coming back because people are returning to cities. Opponents of chain stores say the companies spread suburban sameness and ruin the distinctive character of neighborhoods. "

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Sobre Filosofía y Naturaleza Humana Bibliography of First Cognitive Revolution

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LA NACION LINE Seg�n un estudio privado, �se fue el resultado promedio a casi una d�cada del sistema El valor futuro de los ahorros sigue siendo incierto por las tenencias en deuda p�blica El resultado hist�rico es mejor para los salarios m�s elevados El �ndice es comparable con otras inversiones Por efecto de las decisiones de inversi�n, pero en gran medida tambi�n por reglas contables

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[http://www.businessintelligence.com/ex/asp/code.33/xe/article.htm] "...Thus far in the chapter we’ve peered through the window of performance measurement in both the public and nonprofit sectors. Clearly both sectors have seen the benefit of measurement and have embarked, with varying levels of effort and success, on measurement initiatives. What has been lacking, however, is the answer to this

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"...The issue is tricky because federal and provincial finances are interwoven. Putting Argentina on a sound financial footing requires federal and provincial governments to operate in a financially sound manner. In other words, one could plug the leak at the federal level only to have the provincial governments take on massive water..." "...Tough Luck, Hombre The bondholders are striking

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[http://www.economiaparatodos.com.ar/ver_nota.php?nota=117] “...Será preciso que los gobiernos argentinos sean muy ciegospara que desconozcan, que faltar a sus deberes en el pagode los intereses de la deuda, es lo mismo que envenenarel único pan de su alimento y suicidarse: es algo más desastrosoque faltar al honor, es condenarse a la bancarrota y al hambre” Juan Bautista Alberdi, Sistema

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/10/opinion/10SAT1.html?hp] The New York Times > Opinion > The Senate Report: " ...The committee said the analysts who had produced that false apocalyptic vision had fallen into a 'collective groupthink' in which evidence was hammered into a preconceived pattern...."Como encaja esto con la Racionalidad Colectiva como uno de los supuestos de la Teoria Economica???

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[http://www.undp.org/spanish/proddal/informeProddal.html] Es hora de mejorar la democracia si no queremos perderla. Asi como existe hoy en Argentina, no sirve.PRODDAL - Informe sobre la Democracia en América Latina - 2004 --Posted by Alberdi & Urquiza to Capítulo V: Nuestra democracia y sus conflictos at 7/09/2004 05:19:00 PM

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Informe completo. Conclusiones en PDF

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Investors are once again buying emerging-market debt. A perilous punt, if ever there was one. Economist.com

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After more than two years of investigation, prosecutors have filed charges against Kenneth Lay, the former chairman of Enron. But though the bankrupt energy-trading company has become a synonym for corporate fraud, “Kenny Boy” may yet wriggle off the hook Economist.com

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[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/herramientas/printfriendly/printfriendly.asp?origen=diario&nota_id=614119] Andrés Oppenheimer comenta en este artículo en LA NACION LINEsobre las protestas de la clase media en Mexico y Argentina ante la ola de secuestros y violencia en todo Latin America....Según la Organización Mundial de la Salud, América latina es la zona más violenta del mundo. Tiene un promedio

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Amnesty International - Library - Argentina: Violence against journalists must be fully investigated We are going to kill you, bitch...watch out." "We're going to kill your children first." "Do you want to see him with a bullet in his chest." Threatening anonymous phone calls reported to the police by Clara Britos, newspaper proprietor and journalist. Attacks on freedom of expression have been

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[http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/opinion/27FRIE.html?pagewanted=print&position=] The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Timeout for ImaginationBy THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN This is my last column for three months. I'm taking a sabbatical to finish a book about geopolitics, called "The World Is Flat." It is not easy to take a timeout right now. But I want to step back and construct a better

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No es ninguna novedad que todavia existen piratas en varias partes del mundo, (Caribe, Norte de Brazil, y principalmente Asia). Al igual que nuestros argentinos piratas del asfalto, estos piratas modernos utilizan botes de alta velocidad y armas automáticas para abordar pequeñas embarcaciones de paseo, o comerciales. Como regatista amateur, he escuchado y leído muchas historias de navegantes

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