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"Yo tengo un plan" es una guía práctica para la clase media que no sabe qué hacer para protegerse de la crisis. Nacho García Mostazo lleva dos años investigando los hechos y las consecuencias de la crisis economica global."Va a ser mas grave de lo que imaginamos -dice- y sus consecuencias seran terribles". La primera oleada de la crisis afecto a familias y empresas, que ya estan tomando medidas para reajustar sus presupuestos. Pero la segunda oleada afecta a los Estados y no ha hecho mas que empezar. Se trata de la crisis de la deuda soberana. Grecia es su primera victima, pero habra mas."A los politicos se les llena la boca de brotes verdes, pero no estan tomando las medidas adecuadas para evitar la catastrofe, que puede llegar de golpe (esperemos que no) o suavemente, con la muerte dulce de la inflacion", como dice el autor. Nacho Garcia Mostazo explica que ha escrito este libro para"ayudarte a hacer frente a la crisis y proteger el patrimonio de tu familia con sencillas recomendaciones para ahorrar e invertir con acierto". Como el mismo explica,"me propongo repartir paraguas para la tormenta".

Understanding the dynamic evolution of the yield curve is critical to many financial tasks, including pricing financial assets and their derivatives, managing financial risk, allocating portfolios, structuring fiscal debt, conducting monetary policy, and valuing capital goods. Unfortunately, most yield curve models tend to be theoretically rigorous but empirically disappointing, or empirically successful but theoretically lacking. In this book, Francis Diebold and Glenn Rudebusch propose two extensions of the classic yield curve model of Nelson and Siegel that are both theoretically rigorous and empirically successful.The first extension is the dynamic Nelson-Siegel model (DNS), while the second takes this dynamic version and makes it arbitrage-free (AFNS). Diebold and Rudebusch show how these two models are just slightly different implementations of a single unified approach to dynamic yield curve modeling and forecasting. They emphasize both descriptive and efficient-markets aspects, they pay special attention to the links between the yield curve and macroeconomic fundamentals, and they show why DNS and AFNS are likely to remain of lasting appeal even as alternative arbitrage-free models are developed.Based on the Econometric and Tinbergen Institutes Lectures, Yield Curve Modeling and Forecasting contains essential tools with enhanced utility for academics, central banks, governments, and industry.

Uno de los mejores libros sobre la crisis financiera según The New York TimesAlan S. Blinder, profesor de la prestigiosa Universidad de Princenton, columnista del The Wall Street Journal y vicepresidente de la Reserva Federal entre 1994 y 1996, explica en este libro los elementos que desencadenaron la crisis financiera de 2007. Para ello, y con un lenguaje ameno y exento de complicaciones tecnicas, analiza las causas que desataron la tormenta perfecta y los deficits de regulacion de los mercados financieros que permitieron engendrar la catastrofe. Tras ello, analiza el papel de la FED a lo largo de la crisis, cuya actuacion, a su juicio rapida y acertada, como el de otras potencias internacionales, evito que el desastre fuera todavia mayor. Asimismo, ofrece una serie de recomendacionesque incluyen sus Diez Mandamientos en materia financierapara evitar que lo sucedido vuelva a ocurrir.

Why go through all the trouble of writing a second expanded and updated version of The World Is Flat only a year after the first expanded version was published and a mere two years after the original? I can offer a very brief answer: because I could and because I had to. Precisely because of the powerful technological forces detailed in this book, the publishing industry has sped up and it is now possible to revamp a whole book relatively easily. That is what I mean when I say I could. The reason I must do it is fourfold. First, the forces flattening the world didn''t stop when the first edition of this book was published in April 2005, and I wanted to keep tracking them and weaving them into my overall thesis. Second, I wanted to answer one of the questions I was asked most often by parents while I was traveling around the country to speak about the book: "Okay, Mr. Friedman, thank you for telling us that the world is flat-now what do I tell my kids?" In the 2.0 edition, I added a lot more material on the subject of what is the "right" education to access the new middle-class jobs, and I have added still more in this 3.0 edition. Third, I found many of the comments from readers and reviewers both thoughtful and useful, and I wanted to absorb some of the best of them into the book. And finally, in this 3.0 edition, I have added two new chapters to deal with themes related to the flat world that were not apparent to me before but now seem extremely important. One deals with how to be a political activist and social entrepreneur in a flat world. The other deals with a more troubling phenomenon-how we manage our reputations in a world where we are all becoming publishers and therefore all becoming public figures.

A vision of a European future of peace and stability despite the present gloom.The world appears to be at another major turning point. Tensions between the United States and China threaten a resumption of great power conflict. Global institutions are being tested as never before, and hard-edged nationalism has resurfaced as a major force in both democracies and authoritarian states. From the European perspective, the United States appears to be abdicating its global leadership role. Meanwhile, Moscow and Beijing eagerly exploit every opportunity to pit European partners against one another.But a pivot point also offers the continent an opportunity to grow stronger. In World in Danger, Wolfgang Ischinger, Germany''s most prominent diplomat, offers a vision of a European future of peace and stability. Ischinger examines the root causes of the current conflicts and suggests how Europe can successfully address the most urgent challenges facing the continent. The European Union, he suggests, is poised to become a more powerful actor on the world stage, able to shape global politics while defending the interests of its 500 million citizens. This important book offers a practical vision of a Europe fully capable of navigating these turbulent times.

Ediciones Paidós publica en formato bolsillo Wikinomics, el best seller que cuenta uno de los cambios más importantes de nuestro tiempo, un mapa del siglo XX.En este mismo momento, miles y hasta millones de equipos de personas estan creando nuevas enciclopedias, aviones comerciales, sistemas operativos, fondos de inversion y otros muchos articulos. Aunque algunos directivos temen el crecimiento fabuloso de esas ingentes comunidades en linea, Wikinomics demuestra lo infundados que estan tales miedos. Las empresas inteligentes son capaces de aprovechar esa capacidad y ese genio colectivos para espolear la innovacion, el crecimiento y el exito.

Wikinomics es una guía que nos adentra en uno de los cambios más importantes de nuestro tiempo. Basado en una investigación dirigida por Don Tapscott (New Paradigm), el libro recoge el proyecto que ha involucrado multinacionales americanas como: Walt Dysney Company, Procter & Gamble, IBM Corporation, Ogilvy One Worldwide, Google, Amazon, Kimberly-Clark, General Motors y el Royal Bank de Canada, entre otros. El libro muestra la consistencia de la colaboracion entre consumidores y empresas, y la importancia radical que tienen estos procesos para la economia mundial. La sala de reuniones se ha quedado pequeña ante una nueva era en la que la Web 2.0 ha contribuido a unir una comunidad de millones de personas que interactua continuamente. Actualmente las enciclopedias, las operadoras de vuelos y las empresas de entretenimiento involucran a equipos de miles de personas. Y las nuevas tecnologias de la comunicacion han democratizado la creacion de valor. Las empresas no pueden desaprovechar las infinitas oportunidades que les brinda la nueva democracia virtual. Quien se quede sentado en la sala de reuniones y no abra sus ordenadores a la nueva economia global e interactiva, puede que dentro de unos años deje de existir. Wikinomics es el mapa para el siglo XXI y detalla uno de