¿Hacia la convergencia de América Latina?: los retos del desarrollo y las transformaciones de la sociedad y de la economía
Manuel Montobbio
¿Cuáles son los problemas, retos y factores que van a determinar la posible convergencia y extensión progresiva del desarrollo, y la evolución económica y social de América Latina?
España: la producción audiovisual en el contexto de la crisis económica
Ángel Badillo
Las preguntas –más bien las dudas– en torno al futuro del cine son parte cotidiana del debate de las industrias culturales en los últimos años, en particular con el ascenso del ocio doméstico (in-home) y del consumo frecuentemente ilegal de contenidos audiovisuales a través de las redes telemáticas, cada día más rápidas y ubicuas.
Merkel III in EU and foreign affairs – it’s the spirit, stupid!
Ronja Kempin and Barbara Lippert
Once more, Europe has an eye on Berlin: Chancellor Merkel’s victory in the general elections held on 22 September 2013 also confirms her as a leader in the EU scenario. After a month of exploratory talks it seems clear by now that the Social Democratic Party (SPD) will emerge as the junior partner in the new Merkel government. Within this grand coalition, the signs are that there will be continuity in Germany’s European and foreign and security policies.
Whose Central Bank?
Federico Steinberg
One of the hardest lessons to be learnt from the euro-zone crisis is that, with the single currency, countries no longer borrow in their own currencies. Similarly to many developing economies –that borrowed dollars but could only print their national currencies–, the southern European debtor countries have realised that although in theory they have the European Central Bank (ECB), the latter is unwilling to print euros for them to face up to their commitments in the event of problems.