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Is capitalism compatible with democracy and prosperity? The rise in inequalities in the early 21st century has had worrying implications in liberal democracies, which are...
Economist
Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona (UB). He has chaired and served on expert committees to advise governments and parliaments on public policy.
He has chaired the Círculo de Economía (2013-2017) and currently chairs the Fundación Círculo de Economía. He has published El final del desconcierto. Un nuevo contrato social para que España funcione [The End of Confusion. A New Social Contract to Make Spain Work] (2017) and La nueva piel del capitalismo [The New Skin of Capitalism], with Xosé Carlos Arias (2016).
Is capitalism compatible with democracy and prosperity? The rise in inequalities in the early 21st century has had worrying implications in liberal democracies, which are...
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