A closer look at how a government spending nearly one-third of national output allocates surprisingly little to its most vulnerable children. The Multiplication of Deprived ChildhoodThe Arithmetic of Stagnation: 23 Billion Reasons for SkepticismBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano The persistence of national self-deceptionWe are witnessing in Uruguay a phenomenon of astonishing regularity: the domestication […]

Can an ever-expanding State reduce poverty, or does it undermine the very conditions needed to create prosperity? A Minimal State or a Leviathan?23 Billion Reasons for SkepticismBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Uruguay was once, at the end of the nineteenth century, a country with a minimal State and a level of income per capita

The evolution of the Cuban regime and its influence on segments of Uruguay’s university system raise historical questions that remain unresolved. Radio Carve, a Montevideo radio station that at the time maintained a firm anti-communist editorial stance, used to fill its commercial breaks by juxtaposing two speeches by Fidel Castro.I heard them so many times

What happens when governments respond to growing public dissatisfaction by reinforcing the very policies producing it? A reflection on ideology, governance and political accountability. THE ABYSS METHODWhen the Government Plan Becomes the DestinationBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano It is fascinating to observe the almost surgical precision with which today’s progressivism manages to accomplish the

How the 1958 university autonomy reform, according to the author, unintentionally enabled a long-term ideological transformation that traditional parties failed to foresee. Anyone who has not even attended, but simply walked past the entrance of a public educational institution in Uruguay, cannot have failed to notice the walls covered with political slogans. The interiors are

Lula’s latest statements revive the debate over whether ideological moderation reflects genuine political evolution or a strategic effort to preserve power. The Masks of PowerThe Disease of Hubris the Left Cultivates: Hatred of TruthBy Dr. Nelson Jorge Mosco Castellano Lula and the Art of MetamorphosisThere is, in politics as in vaudeville theatre, an old trick:

A amplificação da inteligência humana transforma a Evolução Consciente, proposta décadas atrás por Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche, em um desafio estratégico para a civilização do século XXI. Artificial Intelligence Is Redefining Human ProgressBy Santiago H. Pereira Testa For thousands of years, human progress consisted of expanding our ability to transform the world.Stone tools, agriculture, writing,

Uruguay’s long-term challenge may not be public revenue itself, but a tax structure that weakens incentives to invest, innovate and produce. Is Uruguay Facing the Laffer Curve? The Cost of a State That Suffocates Its Own Tax BaseBy Dr. Nelson J. Mosco Castellano Uruguay faces a structural crossroads that no longer allows for delays or

Treating fiscal deficits as a secondary concern may ease short-term political tensions, but it ultimately undermines growth, investment, and long-term prosperity. The Delusion of Infinite SpendingWhen Fiscal Deficits Become an Article of FaithBy Dr. Nelson J. Mosco Castellano There is a distinctly Uruguayan way of understanding public administration: magical optimism.It consists of believing that once

Treating fiscal deficits as a secondary issue may sound compassionate, but it ultimately weakens investment, fuels inflation and undermines long-term social welfare. The Myth of the Barbecue Without Fire: When Accounting Becomes an Act of Faith The Uruguayan economy—that small social experiment where we attempt to defy the laws of fiscal gravity with the same