El poder de las pequeñas cosas

Este año marca el septuagésimo aniversario del FMI y el Banco Mundial y el quincuagésimo aniversario de F&D. El mundo ha presenciado una asombrosa cantidad de cambios en los últimos siete decenios. Así que, con estos dos aniversarios en mente, nos centramos en la transformación pasada y futura de la economía mundial para tratar de dilucidar cómo será la economía de aquí a otros 70 años más. Cinco ganadores de Premio Nobel —George Akerlof, Paul Krugman, Robert Solow, Michael Spence y Joseph Stiglitz— opinan sobre el problema más grande que probablemente enfrentará la...

Lavagna cuenta cómo fueron sus días al frente del Ministerio de Economía, cuando tuvo que hacer frente, entre otras cosas, a un país con trece monedas provinciales, a la presión de lobbies, al desempleo y la pobreza récord, a las ejecuciones hipotecarias masivas y a la necesidad de poner freno al FMI.

The remarkable evolution of econophysics research has brought the deep synthesis of ideas derived from economics and physics to subjects as diverse as education, banking, finance, and the administration of large institutions. The original papers in this collection present a broad summary of these advances, written by interdisciplinary specialists. Included are studies on subjects in the development of econophysics; on the perspectives offered by econophysics on large problems in economics and finance, including the 2008-9 financial crisis; and on higher education and group decision making....

IMF Financial Operations 2016 provides a broad introduction to how the IMF fulfills its mission through its financial activities. It covers the financial structure and operations of the IMF and also provides background detail of the financial statements for the IMF's activities during the most recent financial year. This publication (currently in its third edition) updates a previous report entitled Financial Organization and Operations of the IMF, first published in 1986 and last issued in 2001 (the sixth edition). That 2001 report reflected the seismic shifts in the global economy and in...