Premio Nobel de Economía de 2021

[…] Using natural experiments, David Card has analysed the labour market effects of minimum wages, immigration and education. His studies from the early 1990s challenged conventional wisdom, leading to new analyses and additional insights. The results showed, among other things, that increasing the minimum wage does not necessarily lead to fewer jobs.[…] nobelprize.org The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2021

Premio Nobel de Economía 2020

Y el Premio Nobel de economía va este año para dos profesores de Stanford por «las mejoras sobre las teorías de las subastas, y la invención de nuevos formatos de subastas» […] The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2020 to Paul R. Milgrom and Robert B. Wilson “for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats”. The new auction formats are a beautiful example of how basic research can subsequently generate inventions that benefit society. The unusual feature of this example is that the same people developed the theory and the practical applications. The Laureates’ ground-breaking research about auctions has thus been of great benefit, for buyers, sellers and society as a whole.[…]   Eldiario.es | Paul R. Milgrom y Robert B. Wilson se llevan el Premio Nobel de Economía 2020

Premio Nobel de Economía 2019

El Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2019; para los amigos, El Premio Nobel de Economía de 2019 […] Their research is helping us fight poverty. The research conducted by this year’s Laureates has considerably improved our ability to fight global poverty. In just two decades, their new experiment-based approach has transformed development economics, which is now a flourishing field of research. El problema en la educación no es la falta de recursos, sino que la enseñanza no está suficientemente adaptada a las necesidades de los alumnos. […] experiments have shown that the primary problem in many low-income countries is not a lack of resources. Instead, the biggest problem is that teaching is not sufficiently adapted to the pupils’ needs […] nobelprize.org The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2019

Cámbio de modelo de negocio

Muy recomendable. Tremendamente significativo el cambio de modelo de negocio […] The World Bank’s World Development Report for 2019 on The Changing Nature of Work (World Bank 2019) addresses these issues, analysing what exactly is changing and what needs to be done. The report argues that, on balance, concerns about robot-induced unemployment appear to be unfounded. Instead, the future of work is driven by the competing forces of automation and innovation, the other ‘AI’ […] weforum.org | Here’s how work has changed in the past 100 years Over the last century, machines have replaced workers in many tasks, while…

Problemas económicos y sociales en Argentina

[…] Argentina es un país deprimido. Y esta condición afecta nuestras capacidades, nuestros modos de relacionarnos unos con otros y nuestras aspiraciones y deseos. Sin embargo en los diarios, en los portales, en las redes sociales y en los canales de televisión no hablamos de otra cosa más que de las tasas de interés, del valor del dólar, del riesgo país o la inflación […] Infobae

Economía Informal – Colombia

[…] En la actualidad, la mayoría de los trabajadores colombianos sobreviven en medio de una enorme informalidad que pone en riesgo sus ingresos y su seguridad social. En las últimas dos décadas, los gobiernos sucesivos han impuesto la flexibilidad laboral como estrategia de creación de empleo. Más de la mitad de la economía colombiana es informal y buena parte de la fuerza de trabajo tiene contratos de prestación de servicios, que suelen durar semanas o meses y que pueden ser suspendidos sin explicaciones. […] nytimes.com Opinión | Las lecciones de la masacre de las bananeras en Colombia

Por qué la macroeconomía es tan dificil de enseñar

[…] Macroeconomics is difficult to teach partly because its theorists (classical, Keynesian, monetarist, New Classical and New Keynesian, among others) disagree about so much. It is difficult also because the textbooks disagree about so little. To reach the widest possible audience, most cover similar material: a miscellany of models that are not always consistent with each other or even with themselves. The result is that many professors must teach things they do not believe.[…] economist.com Why is macroeconomics so hard to teach? Lessons from a master of the craft

La próxima gran transformación

El último paper de Stiglitz: […] Presumably, we could program the robot to sing or talk to the patient in a way that was optimally soothing. The focus of concern, however, is not the virtues of these robots but their impacts on jobs. There is, for instance, a growing view that in truck driving, driverless vehicles […]   www8.gsb.columbia.edu www8.gsb.columbia.edu

Nobel de Economía 2015 – Angus Deaton

Una buena reseña del escocés Angus Deaton, nobel de economía 2015, «for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare».   Nobel Prize winner is Angus Deaton xxx I’ll be updating the relevant posts throughout the morning, so hit refresh in your browser to read more. The first versions of those posts will have much less than what is to follow. marginalrevolution.com. La nota de prensa del Banco Central de Suecia: The work for which Deaton is now being honored revolves around three central questions: How do consumers distribute their spending among different goods? How much of society’s income is spent and how much is saved? How do we best measure and analyze welfare and poverty?

La caida de la prensa tradicional

La prensa del siglo XX ha seguido el modelo del siglo XIX: la prensa de partidos. No ha existido, y sigue sin existir, una prensa politicamente independiente, ya sea por convicciones de sus propietarios o por presiones provocadas por el endeudamiento financiero. Ahora está surgiendo una prensa que, al menos, está consiguiendo sacudirse las presiones empresariales. Siguiente cambio inminente, la radio. Pascual Serrano: “Lo que muere no es la prensa, sino chiringuitos empresariales” vía EL… El periodista Pascual Serrano, autor del libro ‘La prensa ha muerto: ¡viva la prensa!’. elasombrario.com