REFORMS: WILL SPAIN BE THE FLORIDA OR THE VENEZUELA OF EUROPE?
Article published by Félix Fdez-Claverie in Diario de Avisos on 04/20/2014. I recently read Luis Garicano's book "The Dilemma of Spain. Being more productive to live better." Luis Garicano (Valladolid, 1967) is a professor of economics and strategy at the London School of Economics and a doctor in economics from the University of Chicago. Ha […]
RICH AGAIN?
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 04/27/2014. The Bank of Spain (BdE) has just published statistics on household financial accounts for 2013, and newspaper headlines have been quick to highlight that “family wealth returns to levels of […]
DIRECT ELECTION FOR MAYORS
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 07/06/14. In the book “Why Nations Fail,” by Acemoglu and Robinson, the authors conclude that countries grow economically if they are able to create “well-designed institutions that, politically, guarantee participation and pluralism.” Otherwise they end up […]
ARE JOBS RECOVERED OR NOT?
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 05/11/14. During the last two weeks, the data corresponding to the first quarter of 2014 from the Active Population Survey (EPA) and the affiliation and registered unemployment data for the month of April 2014 have been published. The published results are apparently contradictory […]
EUROPEAN DESPOTISM
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 05/25/14. The crisis has created the conditions for the disaffection of citizens with many of their institutions: political parties, unions, the Monarchy, the judiciary, the autonomous system, the euro and the European Union have been involved in the controversy […]
DISAPPOINTING TAX REFORM
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 06/29/14. The Government has presented several draft reforms of the personal income tax (IRPF), Companies (IS) and General Tax Law, which together it calls “Tax Reform” and which is now beginning its processing in the Cortes Generales for […]
THE SILENT DISEASE
Article published by Félix Fdez-Claverie in Diario de Avisos on 06/01/14. Last May, we had the opportunity to attend a conference given by Ignacio Eyries, general director of CASER, on the occasion of the inauguration of a new office of the commercial network in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Eyries, a civil engineer, agreed […]
TANGLED IN THE LIQUIDITY TRAP
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 06/15/14. The European Central Bank (ECB) has lowered interest rates to 0.15%, has set a negative rate (-0.1%) on bank deposits and, above all, has announced an open liquidity bar of 400 billion euros to […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF PACKAGING DESIGN
Article published by Enrique Martínez-Barona Barriga in Diario de Avisos on 06/22/14. At the beginning of the century we are facing a change in consumer behavior whereby consumers opt for products focused on intangible aspects such as emotions, experiences or fantasies. Purchasing behavior is increasingly related to […]
Monarchy or Republic?
Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos on 06/08/14. The decision of King Juan Carlos I to abdicate the throne in favor of his son reopens the debate in our country on the form of government: Monarchy or Republic? I think we have more serious problems to discuss but, as […]
