Italia, 2018-2023. De la esperanza a la desafección

Análisis de una de las legislaturas más duras y difíciles en la corta historia de la democracia en nuestro país.

España aborda una crisis económica y social con más de cinco millones de parados bajo el dogma del recorte. Nos venden que laminar el estado de bienestar es la única salvación. Pero,¿es realmente así?, ¿en qué principios económicos se sustentan las drásticas medidas aprobadas por el Gobierno y sus socios europeos?, ¿son los adecuados?, ¿son los únicos posibles o se trata del camino previamente trazado desde las posiciones más conservadoras para limitar la potencia distributiva del estado de bienestar conseguido en Europa? Economistas Frente a la Crisis, un grupo de solventes...

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russians have seen the ruble steadily lose ground to alternative means of payment such as barter and privately issued quasi-monies. Industry now collects as much as 70 percent of its receipts in nonmonetary form, leaving many firms with too little cash to pay salaries and taxes. In this ground-breaking book on the Russian economy, David Woodruff argues that Moscow's inability to control the nation's currency is not a carry-over from the Soviet past. Rather, the Russian government has failed to build the administrative capacity and political support...

The definitive account of the disappearance of forty-three Mexican students On September 26, 2014, a party of students from the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers’ College were en route to a protest when intercepted by local police. A confrontation ensued. Come the morning, the students were nowhere to be found. The crime that had transpired and the resultant cover-up brought the profound depths of corruption in the Mexican government and police force—as well as the vulnerability of ordinary Mexicans—into stark relief. Investigative reporter Anabel Hernández reconstructs the terrible events of...