SubjectEconomy and business
Marta Pessarrodona, or love is what remains
Coinciding with her distinction with the Premi d’Honor de les Lletres Catalanes 2019, Marta Pessarrodona (Terrassa, 1941) has just published Variacions profanes...
The prince of the black market
Julio Muñoz Ramonet, the invisible prince of the black market, left his palace on Carrer de Muntaner to the city of Barcelona, along with the extraordinary collection...
Who does the reversal of a public land designation affect? The cases of Satalia and Font de la Guatlla
Classed as green areas by the General Metropolitan Plan, the small neighbourhoods of Satalia and Font de la Guatlla have long lived under the threat of expropriation...
Lessons from the crisisSocial innovation: different responses from organized citizens
In the face of the post-crisis neoliberal siren calls, crying out for individual responsibility, civil society has organized itself to provide a collective response...
Lessons from the crisisDisparity drives us further apart: psychological effects of economic inequality
Economic inequality is conducive to individualism. Living in unequal societies makes us more concerned about our social position; the greater the difference, the...
Lessons from the crisisInequality in the age of disconnection
The economic crisis has widened the gaps (labour, generation, gender and fiscal) that contribute to exacerbating inequality. If societies continue to increase these...
Lessons from the crisisDivides that separate, bridges to be built
Europe’s economic reconstruction in the second half of the 20th century focussed on providing liberal democracies with institutions that would protect...
Lessons from the crisisFrom the mortgage scam to the rent scam
A decade after the worst real estate bubble in history burst, access to housing is still one of the major social problems. And it is because states operate as another...
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