A critique of the pension system through political philosophy and classical economics – Conceptual critique of state pension systems – Interpretations from the liberal tradition – Economic and moral consequences of statism The State is an “invisible presence” that appropriates private resources with the argument of organizing the uncertainty of human life. Borges would justifiably […]

Legal validity versus moral legitimacy in the contemporary debate on abortion and medical ethics – Legal validity versus moral legitimacy – Medical ethics under legal pressure – Human rights, autonomy and unborn life In previous notes, we asked whether in countries where it is prohibited, communism might have come to an end. In the Czech

A reflection on the limits of law between sovereign states in a world without global coercive authority. – The legal nature of law and the problem of coercion – How law operates between sovereign states – Structural limits of public international law Does Public International Law actually exist? This is an important question worth addressing.

A cultural and institutional reading of the statist reflex shaping Uruguay’s political evolution. – Statism as a cultural reflex – The constitutional expansion of state intervention – The tension between bureaucratic tutelage and civic freedom Statism, a National Pathology A country with luck: its rulers do everything wrong, yet it survives By Dr. Nelson Jorge

The education reform that shaped the country more than wars – Uruguay and its geopolitical origin – The silent educational revolution of José Pedro Varela – The cultural challenge of conscious evolution For more than a century Uruguayans learned their national history as a sequence of civil wars, political struggles and heroic episodes. That narrative

How state incentives transform entrepreneurial rebellion into administrative dependence. – Fiscal incentive syndrome. – Loss of producer identity. – Fragmentation of the entrepreneurial critical mass. Uruguay’s entrepreneurial ecosystem today lives in a profound schizophrenia of interests. On one side, a critical mass of globally competitive talent has emerged in software development, biotechnology, financial logistics and

Strategic contrasts between Ukraine, Iran and the persistence of Latin American dictatorships – Declared threats and deterrence logic – Strategic asymmetry between conflicts – Political drivers behind military decisions Complex situation… And yet strangely familiar. That Iran has long destabilized the Middle East and financed armed groups hostile to Israel is something that cannot be

Productive capital, economic decentralization and technology as drivers of structural transformation – Freedom Zones and Institutional Competition– From the Managerial State to the Platform State– How to Break State Inertia The Only Permanent Thing Is Change The Alternative Is Positive Change Demonopolization of Credit and Savings The Recovery of Capital If the State captured rent

When democracies tolerate forces that seek to destroy them, a deeper question emerges: who truly holds power? – The dilemma of democratic tolerance – Power outside the democratic circuit – The structural fragility of popular sovereignty In our recent articles we have been examining the responses of different countries regarding the legalization of political organizations