ECONOMÍA GLOBAL

THE STATE OF WELL-BEING AND THE STATE OF WELL-DOING

THE STATE OF WELL-BEING AND THE STATE OF WELL-DOING The accelerated expansion of economic terminology through different social strata among elitists as well as the lower orders, conditions and orients the scale of values and the mood of their individual conducts and oversights. In this microcosmic personal plane, the word ‘well-being’ has been crowned as… Seguir leyendo THE STATE OF WELL-BEING AND THE STATE OF WELL-DOING

COMPETENCIA ARMÓNICA

COMPETENCIA ARMÓNICA Creo que conviene escuchar y aprender de los filósofos. Hasta los economistas tenemos que atender sus reflexiones sin caer en la tentación de pensar que estamos perdiendo nuestro escaso y preciado tiempo al tratar de entender sus discursos. De forma preconcebida los arrojamos a las tinieblas del mundo especulativo que creemos alejado de… Seguir leyendo COMPETENCIA ARMÓNICA

TOWARDS AN ECOLOGICAL FUTURE

TOWARDS AN ECOLOGICAL FUTURE More and more people are becoming concerned about this economic ideology that we could baptize with the name of the condom culture: buy it, use it for a few brief moments, throw it away and restart the anxious attempt to attain a new futile and unproductive frenzy. This environment consists of… Seguir leyendo TOWARDS AN ECOLOGICAL FUTURE

HUMAN VOCATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE

HUMAN VOCATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE The factors and resources of recent productions, and those produced in the past, are not constituted in a characteristic and independent element. Capital instruments are always engendered by the conjunction of natural resources and labour. Along with Mises, we should add time. They are, in fact, labour, natural factors and… Seguir leyendo HUMAN VOCATION FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE

SAD DECEIT OR SELF DECEIT

SAD DECEIT OR SELF DECEIT María Moliner’s dictionary of Spanish use explains that to deceive is to make somebody believe, with words or in any way, something that is not true. Later on, one can also read that to deceive oneself is to distort the truth for oneself when it is not pleasant or satisfactory. … Seguir leyendo SAD DECEIT OR SELF DECEIT

FUNCIÓN ÉTICA Y ECONÓMICA DEL AHORRO

FUNCION ETICA Y ECONOMICA DEL AHORRO Ludwig von Mises dejó escrito en «La acción humana»:»Si lo consumido supera a la renta, la correspondiente diferencia constituye lo que se denomina consumo de capital. Por el contrario, si la renta es superior al consumo, la diferencia es ahorro.(…) Cada paso que el hombre da hacia un mejor… Seguir leyendo FUNCIÓN ÉTICA Y ECONÓMICA DEL AHORRO

LA CARCOMA ESPECULATIVA Y FRAUDULENTA

LA CARCOMA ESPECULATIVA Y FRAUDULENTA Mientras realizaba una lectura profesional me encontré por casualidad con algunos comentarios incisivos y clarificadores que, ante la avalancha de noticias preocupantes en los últimos tiempos en España, concentradas en el mundo del negocio fácil y del fraude por informaciones y poder privilegiados, no he… Seguir leyendo LA CARCOMA ESPECULATIVA Y FRAUDULENTA

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: FREEDOM AND PROPERTY

The universal economic task consists of applying human action to the resources and means at our disposition, whether they be scarce or abundant, to guide and order them towards the thorough execution of our immediate, mediate and ultimate objectives. Applying human action is nothing more than working; and applying it in order to be able… Seguir leyendo ECONOMIC ACTIVITY: FREEDOM AND PROPERTY

BILL GATES AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

The visit of the young manager of Microsoft, Bill Gates to Spain in the first days of the month of September brought to my mind many aspects and new nuances of the contributions of the great economist of the Austrian School, Von Mises. The potentiality of the Austrian suggestions in… Seguir leyendo BILL GATES AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

THE RADICAL VITALITY OF LABOUR

THE RADICAL VITALITY OF LABOUR In order to convince ourselves of the vital importance that the daily and constant struggle of all citizenship has for the economic progress of a society, it is not necessary for the President of the EC Jacques Delors or the “Morning Star” to state that without labour there is nothing… Seguir leyendo THE RADICAL VITALITY OF LABOUR