Dimensión Económica

China pursues new type of development: Goals of the latest five-year development plan

2011-11-03T13:19:24-06:00

This article analyzes some of the changes in China's development model aimed at shifting the fundamentals of growth, i.e., moving from an addition of inputs to an increase in the productivity of production factors. China hopes this process will also narrow the inequality gap and help preserve the environment. The Asian giant urgently needs to develop its domestic market so that it can depend less on fixed investment and exports as sources of accumulation. This will slow the pace of economic expansion but will have the advantage of creating a more balanced growth.

Fiscal dependency and inequality in Mexican state governments

2011-11-03T13:19:25-06:00

This article evidences that the fiscal system of inter-governmental relationships in Mexico has exacerbated the financial dependence of state governments over the past decade. Given the extreme weakness of their taxation powers, this system has led to a reduction in local tax revenues.

Intensive and extensive exploitation of nature: Possibilities for mathematical modeling

2011-11-03T13:19:25-06:00

Thomas R. Malthus' model for population growth predicted a future of widespread famine. On the other hand, Pierre F. Verhulst's model helps us understand why this prediction has not come true. This article proposes the use of both models and the bifurcation diagram obtained from Verhulst’s model as a basis for a proposed mathematical model that helps us to better understand the issue of intensive and extensive exploitation of nature.

Eugen Varga: The Polonius of Comintern and Stalin. Some reflections on his work

2011-11-03T13:19:25-06:00

This article presents a critical view of the ideas of Eugen Varga, the leading theorist of the third communist international. Vargas examined various aspects of the economic cycle, the major crises that afflicted the capitalist world at the time, the evolution of various capitalist countries and State capitalism. Late in his life he came under heavy fire from Stalin's co-partisans, and was stripped of his post, though he was subsequently restored to office.

Las regiones en México y sus estudios

2011-11-03T13:19:25-06:00

Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

2011-11-03T13:19:25-06:00