Oppositions, an old-fashioned selection method

Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in El Diario de Avisos on 01/18/15. Gabriel Táuriz, in his article “Selection of public employees and competitive examinations: what does the evidence tell us?”, on the Politikon blog, analyzes in detail our system for selecting public employees through competitive examinations. Personnel selection can have a great […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Italy shows us the way

Article published by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos, on 04/06/14. Finally, Italy eliminates the provinces, a reform that has been invoked in the republic for years. The Italian Senate has approved the abolition of the 73 provinces, which will mean saving 3,000 public positions that —according to the head of Government Matteo […]

HALF REFORM OF EDUCATION

Article by José Alberto León Alonso, published on 8/12/13 in Diario de Avisos. The Lisbon Strategy indicates that human capital is a productive resource that not only contributes to economic growth, but is also one of the basic pillars for achieving equal opportunities in our society. Hence the importance of […]

LACK OF COURAGE

Article published on 05/05/13 by José Alberto León Alonso in Diario de Avisos. The Spanish Government has presented its new economic scenario for the period 2013-2016. It highlights the two-year extension obtained from Brussels to reduce Spain's deficit to 3% of GDP.