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Fecha: Lunes, Mayo 23, 2022 - 19:52
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For decades, the mainstream of both the Democratic and Republican parties favored expanding trade between the U.S. and other countries. Greater globalization, these politicians promised, would increase economic growth — and with the bounty from that growth, the country could compensate any workers who suffered from increased trade. But it didn’t work out that way. Instead, trade has contributed to the stagnation of living standards for millions of working-class Americans, by shrinking the number of good-paying, blue-collar jobs here. The incomes of workers without a bachelor’s degree have grown only slowly over the past few decades. Many measures of well-being — even life expectancy — have declined in recent years. All along, many politicians and experts continued to insist that trade was expanding the economic pie. And they were often right. But struggling workers understandably viewed those claims as either false or irrelevant, and they refused to support further expansions of trade. Fuente: |
Fecha: Miércoles, Mayo 18, 2022 - 21:40
Headlines are abuzz with the return of inflation, which, according to some measures, is now reaching 40 year highs. Considering that vanquishing inflation is supposed to be the one undisputed achievement of neoliberalism, why is it rising? Many explanations – from excessive money creation to disrupted supply chains to tightening labour markets and a post-lockdown surge in demand are offered. The view that it would be a short term affair is giving way to a more sobering assessment of its persistence, particularly since geopolitical conflict gave inflation a booster shot. As for its solution, one thing is clear, dealing with it as Paul Volcker famously did in the late 1970s is not a politically affordable option for governments beholden to elites whose outrageous fortunes depend on low interest rates. This panel will seek to examine this phenomenon by asking question such as why is inflation rising? Can we expect it persist? What are the major policy-options being discussed and what are their political implications of each? How should socialists think about this new problem? Fuente: |
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Autor: Missael Manjarres Caldiño
La estrategia de industrialización de litio en Bolivia en proceso de completarse
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Resumen: En la tendencia creciente de la demanda del litio, para producciones estratégicas, comienzan a participar los mercados emergentes. Tal es el caso de Bolivia. La estrategia del estado boliviano consiste en desarrollar una cadena de producción completa del litio para su explotación con alto desarrollo tecnológico. La asociación de empresas extranjeras del litio con Bolivia busca un mayor énfasis en la transferencia de tecnología y experiencia en la creación de infraestructura. |
Autor: Oscar Ugarteche, Larry Vargas
¿Será Deutsche Bank un Cisne Negro?
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Resumen: La teoría del Cisne Negro de Taleb, es una metáfora de la incertidumbre existente en los mercados financieros internacionales, con efectos dominó en todo el sistema financiero internacional. La pérdida del valor de las acciones de DB se debió a las sanciones impuestas por autoridades americanas y británicas por actividades ilícitas, como el lavado de activos rusos en EEUU, así como la manipulación de los tipos de cambio y de interés. Todo indica que uno de los 30 bancos "demasiado grandes para quebrar" estaría dando aletazos de ahogado mientras, con las regulaciones de Basilea III, se analizan las operaciones de crédito e ignoran lo que ocurre con los tamaños de las multas por actividades ilícitas en diversos mercados. |
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