Professor

Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Vigo. 

He is the author of El tiempo es oro. Economía política del nanosegundo [Time is Money: The Political Economy of the Nanosecond] (Transforma Editores, 2024), Laberintos de la prosperidad [Labyrinths of Prosperity] (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2021), La nueva piel del capitalismo [The New Skin of Capitalism] (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2016) and La torre de la arrogancia [The Tower of Arrogance] (Ariel, 2011), the last three co-written with Antón Costas. He has also contributed chapters to books published by Springer, Routledge, Intersentia – Cambridge University Press and Presses de l’Université Toulouse Capitole.

Last Update: June 3, 2025

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