Author name: Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano

Uruguay’s long-term challenge may not be public revenue itself, but a tax structure that weakens incentives to invest, innovate and produce.

Treating fiscal deficits as a secondary concern may ease short-term political tensions, but it ultimately undermines growth, investment, and long-term prosperity.

Treating fiscal deficits as a secondary issue may sound compassionate, but it ultimately weakens investment, fuels inflation and undermines long-term social welfare.

Budget decisions reveal not only economic priorities but also the ethical principles that ultimately shape a nation’s future.

How organized corporate interests can challenge democratic legitimacy and slow institutional modernization in Uruguay.

Why permanent public spending without accountability weakens productivity, distorts incentives, and ultimately harms the citizens it claims to protect.

Nothing provided by government is truly free. Hidden costs, welfare dependency and distorted incentives ultimately undermine both prosperity and individual freedom.

CERES’s latest findings renew the debate over how inefficient public spending and chronic deficits ultimately burden every Uruguayan taxpayer.

Why the growing gap between market discipline and bureaucratic expansion is reshaping today’s labor market.

How electoral irresponsibility and political demagoguery transfer the costs of failure to those trying to prevent institutional collapse.