The Catalan case shows how regulation can moderate certain prices while, at the same time, coinciding with fewer visible listings and growing competition for access to housing.
The Spanish Rental Paradox: Contained Prices, Harder Access Read Post »
From the haruspices of Rome to constitutional interpretation, the obsession with discovering hidden meanings can end up legitimizing decisions of power.
Interpretosis: When Interpretation Becomes Power Read Post »
When macroeconomics hides and “Pacha” discovers photonics on Desayunos Informales
Chronicle of a Punctured Red Carpet Read Post »
From the Welfare State to the Revolt of Discontent
Short-Term Populism in Europe Read Post »
What the US$5.7 billion agreement hides beneath the surface
Another Secret Political Contract Read Post »
When parliamentary arithmetic forces principles into political contortions.
These Are My Principles; If You Don’t Like Them… I Have Others Read Post »
The path of an entrepreneur who helped connect Uruguay with modernity without escaping the prejudices of his time.
Joaquín Serratosa: Modernity and Contradictions Read Post »
Hall’s permanent-income hypothesis and rational expectations provide a framework for examining spending, taxes, debt and fiscal credibility in Uruguay.
Broken Expectations: Robert E. Hall and Uruguay’s Fiscal Maze Read Post »
From the papal denunciation of a “culture of death” to Tabaré Vázquez’s veto and Uruguay’s subsequent legalization of abortion.
From John Paul II to Mujica: the right to life in dispute Read Post »
From Cambalache to Evangelium Vitae: The Right to Life That Enrique Santos Discépolo (1901–1951) had a bitter view of life is evident throughout his work.He was a composer, musician, playwright and filmmaker.But his memory became associated above all with his tangos.Historian Sergio A. Pujol suggests that Discépolo’s entire artistic production is permeated by a common
From Cambalache to Evangelium Vitae: The Right to Life Read Post »
