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economy

Good neighbours

The Malthusian Trap. Malthusian ideas are always present. The contribution of the great English economist, Sir Thomas Malthus was simple: populations can grow infinitely, probably food production will grow infinitely too, but in

  • Nicolas Berneman
4 min read
analysis

Causality in times of Excel: the relationship between Emission and Inflation

Each Excel spreadsheet is designed to process 17 billion data (17 thousand columns x 1 million rows). And, with the possibility of adding one thousand sheets, each Excel document is capable of processing

  • Nicolas Berneman
4 min read
consumption

The way we buy soap helps fighting poverty

On Monday May 4th I attended a keynote on the latest report of the World Bank on economics and behavior in context of public policy development in Latin America. The director of the

  • SABF Blog Admin
    SABF Blog Admin
4 min read
Argentina

The eye on the SMEs

On April 9 I had the pleasure of participating in the conference organized by CAME (Argentina Confederation of Medium Enterprises) to over 1000 entrepreneurs, representing 323 chambers of 23 provinces and the Autonomous

  • SABF Blog Admin
    SABF Blog Admin
4 min read
poverty

Inclusion, there isn't just one

I must confess the word inclusion has caused certain apprehension in me. There is a top-down component that assumes as a basis a better reality (its own) versus the other one, which they

  • Ana Paula Valacco
3 min read
economy

We are imprisoned by the bolivar

When the Venezuelan bolivar is called “strong”, it is no longer because of its promised – and never achieved – sturdiness and stability; instead it seems today to be due to a fortification. The strong

  • Tulio Davila
2 min read
economy

Economy, the science of a chessboard

During my 10 years of teaching courses on introductory economics, I take more time in defining what economy is/ the concept of economy. I remember that the first years, as soon as the

  • Alexis Poet
4 min read
economic theory

Inflation, problem solved

The discussions and palaver that revolve around inflation abound and redound. Many debates that long ago were overcome reappear as if they were novel or problematic (… it is unclear if inflation is so

  • Nicolas Berneman
3 min read
economy

"I move over here, I move over there" - Dolar Blue

Last week, we, the Argentinian citizens, witnessed an illuminating economic event. The price of the black market US dollar – “Dólar Blue” for locals -, with its ups and downs, showed its true essence:

  • Nicolas Berneman
4 min read
development

The Economy of your Life (and of your world)

Last October 7th, the second session of SABF’s serie of talks was held. On this opportunity we’ve invited Tomás Bulat, economist and author of “Economía Descubierta” [Uncovered Economy] and “La Economía

  • María Laura Varela
    María Laura Varela
4 min read
collaboration

Thinking Together: Open Source, the culture of sharing and openness

Social entrepreneurship as a different approach to business has gained traction over the past two decades, but have you heard of “open” entrepreneurship? Many of you may be familiar with the concept of

  • altheacarbon
5 min read
economy

Is higher education gradually being converted into a luxury?

As a full, time, 2nd year Economics student, I came back to the UK to realize that the frenzy rhythms of our in-campus life, last year, have been substantially replaced by a far

  • Emma Gavala
8 min read
Crisis

Crisis? What Crisis?

After the first SABF lunch, it was time to listen to Juan Carlos de Pablo, who is Director at Contexto. He was interviewed by Enrique Diaz Leimbacher, Associate Professor at ITBA. The interview

  • SABF Blog Admin
    SABF Blog Admin
2 min read
economy

Against Poverty, More Bills

I usually chat with a friend of mine who studies psychology about how there can be so many people suffering from hunger around the world. Obviously both of us find it difficult to

  • Nicolas Berneman
6 min read
economy

Solving Social Problems through Business

A quick look at the world scenario allows us to notice we must still solve many challenges in the social field. While technological development and knowledge production follow a course of steady growth,

  • Alejandro Garcia
3 min read
Citizen Participation

Minimum Business Plan

This article is part of a series about going from “I’d like to start a business” to having a small start-up running, and beyond. If you haven’t read the previous articles,

  • Javier Nanni
7 min read
economy

What are the implications of socio-environmental business’s responsibility?

We are living unstable times under permanent change where everything seems to be disposable and instantaneous. We are living fast, avoiding the obligations of what’s permanent. This last, that we can observe

  • Christopher Kiessling
2 min read
economy

Enterprise: from utility to common wealth

The mobilizations throughout the world in 2011 have certainly set a precedent that will remain in the history of the beginning of the XXI Century. From the outraged from Spain, Occupy Wall Street,

  • Ignacio Urbina
4 min read
economy

A little bit of inflation, a lot of growth.

I usually remember with my friends a short time ago when we used to have lunch for just five pesos. Today we find this idea funny -that money is only enough for a

  • Nicolas Berneman
3 min read
development

Sustainable economic growth: fiction or reality?

The financial crisis of 2008 has moved, during 2011, into the real economy. Severe adjustments pretend to be applied in Greece, Spain and Italy to place -back again- those countries into the path

  • Christopher Kiessling
2 min read
economy

Thinking Latin America Today

Analía Gómez Vidal was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1989. She studied Economics (specializes in Journalism) in Torcuato Di Tella University. Currently, she is pursuing a Master in Economics in the same

  • SABF Blog Admin
    SABF Blog Admin
7 min read
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