Downward trend
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in El Día on 07/02/16. The unemployed registered in the Canary Islands in the month of January 2016 amounted to 245,984 people, with a decrease of 1,545 people compared to the previous month and 13,759 people compared to January 2015. Despite the media importance [...]
About the forecasts
Article published by Mr. José Carlos Francisco in La Gaveta Económica in the January 2016 issue. The work of a futurist is neither simple nor grateful, much less in economics, where it is expected that the forecasts are not a mere qualitative account, but rather a set of concrete data on variables as well […]
Blockade
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in El Día on 31/01/16. Six weeks have passed since the holding of the general elections and the Spanish political situation is absolutely blocked. 42 days after 20-D Spain does not have a government with full powers at the head of the country. It is assumed that in this [...]
The vice of excessive regulation
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in El Día on 01/24/15. “Zidane's assistant at Real Madrid is not licensed.” "Uber, forbidden." "Almost 600 pharmacists are fighting for the 60 pharmacies in competition." News like these about the regulation of the most diverse economic activities appear with some frequency in our media [...]
10 predictions for 2016
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in El Día on 01/17/16. Although somewhat late than usual, in this article I make my economic predictions for 2016. What can we expect from the new year? I remember a joke that circulated around the Faculty of Economics when I was a student that said that […]
An Exceptional Year for Employment Ends
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in El Día on 01/10/16. The unemployed registered in the Canary Islands in the INEM in the month of December 2016 amounted to 247,529 people, with a decrease of 1,110 people compared to the previous month and 13,153 people compared to December 2014. Despite the media importance […]
Construction is back
Article published by Mr. José Carlos Francisco in the Gaveta Económica in the December 2015 issue. No one is unaware that the real estate and construction sector has been the great victim of the crisis, since it is not in vain that the bursting of the real estate bubble was one of the great causes of the […]
After the elections
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in El Día on 01/03/16. The last general elections have produced a very fragmented parliament, with the worst results in recent democratic history for the two main parties, which barely account for 51% of the votes, the same percentage of votes as the left and […]
The lottery, an efficient tax?
Article published by José Alberto León in El Día on 12/27/15. Economic theory is based on a fundamental axiom: humans are rational. “Rational” decision making within economic theory assumes that each person decides in a way that maximizes his or her utility, which in economics is a measure of satisfaction. TO […]
Why are stocks falling?
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in El Día on 12/20/15. The Ibex 35 had a ten-day negative streak last Monday, the worst streak in its history, and many are wondering why this is, if the economy has improved substantially over the last year and we are heading towards exiting the […]
