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The Interconnection of the Potosí Principle
A few days ago it was released in the Reina Sofía National Museum of Contemporary Art, Madrid, the exhibitionPrincipio Potosí. One of the most important centers in the Iberian Peninsula in this field (it houses Picasso’s Guernica among other jewels) has dedicated one of the main temporary rooms (in the second quarter of the year)…
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swim against current
A few months ago, international organizations recommended generosity to countries in their stimulus policies to fight the crisis and get out of recession and almost certainly, the speed of the United States and, to a lesser extent, Europe to implement expansive fiscal and monetary policies are the cause of the crisis not having degenerated into…
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Towards a secular state. New Religious Freedom Law
The Spanish government is drafting the draft Law on Religious Freedom which, for the first time in many years, introduces the Spanish “secularism of the State” into its articles. The draft echoed by the newspaper El País actually speaks of confessional “neutrality” in its basic articles and in its preamble but, although incomplete, it is…
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Foreign investment does not reach Castilla y León
Only 0.5% of foreign direct investment in Spain reaches Castilla y León. Taking into account that regional GDP constitutes 3% of Spain’s GDP, it is clear that the indicator is disappointing. At the same time, the attractive power of the Community of Madrid is striking, which attracted 62.2% of the total. Some immediate conclusions can…
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Santurtzi: A new beacon for the development of the Left Bank and Bilbao
Not long ago I was discussing with acquaintances the debate that arose as a result of the publication of theIberdrola’s interest in installing a new combined cycle group< /a> On the slopes of the Serantes, in Santurtzi, a few dozen meters from the San Juan neighborhood, in one of the most populated areas of Bizkaia,…
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Public-Private associative nodes in Latin America
The almost infinite interconnection possibilities that we now have and the The flexibility of the resulting exchanges means that we find ourselves in a much more open society, which in turn implies greater professionalization in vital areas of human activity. With successful results, some actions of the Public Administration (AAPP) have been losing that patina…
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The way out of the crisis is green
Now that macroeconomic data shows slight signs of improvement , it would be advisable not to let ourselves be carried away by inertia. We would be wrong if we evaluated this crisis as one more of the natural evolution of the macroeconomic cycle of the market economy and we continued with the usual recipes. The…
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Euskadi 2030. Guiding the way out of the crisis
“Never leave without taking advantage of a good crisis,” said Rahm Emanuel, President Obama’s chief of staff. We live in times of anxiety, disorientation and perplexity. Society is somewhat knocked out by the seriousness of the situation. At times like this, that quality of leadership capable of mobilizing society’s confidence in its own strength and…
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Hardware and software, a country full of empty highways
Spain, “a beautiful country full of empty highways“,they say that said a former German foreign minister. A provocative phrase, but one that invites us to think about the reasons why we are where we are in the midst of circus and with unemployment rates that are completely far from the European average. What has happened?…
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The City Reader: Music & Film Series
Many of us have heard about the success of Bilbao and its process of urban regeneration. The reglnogenheim Museum or the award winning Euskalduna Palace represents the new image of modern Bilbao, an example of city regeneration:“The Bilbao Effect”. But what was there before? Does anyone remember the Battle of Euskalduna? Urban regeneration sometimes seems…