martes, 18 de enero de 2011

Exports Perú vs Bolivia

Las exportaciones peruanas son más de 3 veces las exportaciones bolivianas en 2010. Obviamente influyen, entre otros factores, la mediterraneidad para que la diferencia sea tan grande, aunque tomando en cuenta la población de ambos paises el monto per cápita es de 33% a favor del Perú.

sábado, 8 de enero de 2011

Charlemagne: On a wing and a prayer

Nota sobre la difícil situación del Euro y de Europa: sin política fiscal y con política monetaria restringida, la moneda se debilita.

The financial storm has reopened the debate on the euro’s flawed design


IT WAS a perfect take-off for what had seemed an unlikely invention. The euro became legal tender on January 1st 2002 in 12 European Union countries (now 16) and was soon cruising comfortably as a global currency. Economic performance was not spectacular, but the European Central Bank proved a competent pilot and inflation stayed low. Like the Wright brothers, who showed it was possible to create a heavier-than-air flying machine, the inventors demonstrated that a single currency could operate without political union. That was easy in fair weather. But can the euro withstand today’s hurricane?