A reflection on the fragile banking sector nowadays and the possibility of progressing towards a system of public and safe money, issued by the Central Bank.
Miguel A. Fernández Ordóñez introduces his text with a quote from Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England: «Among all ways of organizing the banking system, the one that we have today is the worst.»
Ordóñez shares his opinion and he proposes a radical change within the banking system: a Central Bank which would be the only one authorized to create money. His reform would allow families and companies to deposit …
A reflection on the fragile banking sector nowadays and the possibility of progressing towards a system of public and safe money, issued by the Central Bank.
Miguel A. Fernández Ordóñez introduces his text with a quote from Mervyn King, former governor of the Bank of England: «Among all ways of organizing the banking system, the one that we have today is the worst.»
Ordóñez shares his opinion and he proposes a radical change within the banking system: a Central Bank which would be the only one authorized to create money. His reform would allow families and companies to deposit their money in the Central Bank, something that exclusively private banks do today. Thus, only real money would be employed, far away from the «fictive money» or «promise to give back money» that we are used to nowadays. Fernández Ordóñez claims that by doing so, financial and economic crises could be avoided, such as the one which Spain suffered from2008 onwards. Banks would not need to be rescued with huge amounts of public money. Through this new model that the author proposes, everything would be reformulated: the Central Bank would be an autonomous system, far from the control of political powers, and private banks would transform into very different companies. The Government would not be in need of investing public money to save banks, and the society would head towards a more equal and safe economic system.
NEW EDITION 2015 - An extensión of the original classic rhyme. Take young readers through out Itsy Bitsy spider´s day in 16 new verses, plus creative INTERACTIVE activities which support teachers in expanding the use of english course book contents and skills.
Topics: vocabulary on the story; science facts on spiders; the weather.
In this gripping narrative, Dr. Daniel William Lawrence explores humanity’s troubled relationship with truth, from the propaganda tactics of King Sargon of Akkadia to the sophistication of present day hyper-targeted political advertising on social media. Spanning thousands of years of human history, Dr. Lawrence urges us to fight against disinformation and wrest back control of our minds using the critical toolbox of rhetoric: the ancient, lost art of persuasion laid down long ago by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. From the first known author, the High Priestess Enheduanna, to the modern-day developments of social media and algorithmic and procedural communication and …
In this gripping narrative, Dr. Daniel William Lawrence explores humanity’s troubled relationship with truth, from the propaganda tactics of King Sargon of Akkadia to the sophistication of present day hyper-targeted political advertising on social media. Spanning thousands of years of human history, Dr. Lawrence urges us to fight against disinformation and wrest back control of our minds using the critical toolbox of rhetoric: the ancient, lost art of persuasion laid down long ago by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. From the first known author, the High Priestess Enheduanna, to the modern-day developments of social media and algorithmic and procedural communication and targeted advertising, Dr. Lawrence shows how rhetoric is not just a tool to persuade and manipulate, but a toolkit for us all to use to evaluate the onslaught of persuasive messaging that we confront in our everyday lives. The time to take back the truth is now.
Aztec Women and Goddesses explores the various stages of the Mexica woman’s life. Miriam López analyzes the mythology, the archaeological discoveries, and the codices and sixteenth-century chronicles with perfect ease as she describes the conduct expected of women and the possibilities for their lives according to Mexica norms and ideals. This insightful work rescues the contributions of Mexica women from oblivion—contributions which, though they may not have been deemed worthy of recognition and prestige in their own day, played …
Aztec Women and Goddesses explores the various stages of the Mexica woman’s life. Miriam López analyzes the mythology, the archaeological discoveries, and the codices and sixteenth-century chronicles with perfect ease as she describes the conduct expected of women and the possibilities for their lives according to Mexica norms and ideals. This insightful work rescues the contributions of Mexica women from oblivion—contributions which, though they may not have been deemed worthy of recognition and prestige in their own day, played an essential part in shaping and consolidating the social structures of the Mexica Empire.
The first quarter of the 15th century saw the start of the construction of this building, which has always been known as the Escuelas Mayores. In 1411, Cardinal Pedro de Luna, an enthusiastic supporter of the University, ordered its construction. A few years later, those involved began to buy up the houses that would eventually offer the space for our Studium. It is in fact surprising that although the University was founded in 1218 by Alfonso IX, two hundred years were to elapse before it was awarded its first premises since prior to that moment its teaching activities had been …
The first quarter of the 15th century saw the start of the construction of this building, which has always been known as the Escuelas Mayores. In 1411, Cardinal Pedro de Luna, an enthusiastic supporter of the University, ordered its construction. A few years later, those involved began to buy up the houses that would eventually offer the space for our Studium. It is in fact surprising that although the University was founded in 1218 by Alfonso IX, two hundred years were to elapse before it was awarded its first premises since prior to that moment its teaching activities had been carried out in the chapels of the Old Cathedral and in houses rented from the Cathedral Chapter. Indeed, as late as the 19th century the conferrals of academic degrees were still being held in the chapel of Saint Barbara. This building abuts the Patio de Escuelas. This Patio de Escuelas was designed by Juan Gallego de Andrada after meetings with Phillip III and was opened up in 1609 to form a true «antechamber» to it. To the south, this square is faced by the former Hospital de Estudiantes –it now houses the hub of the administration (the Rectorado)– and its southwest corner leads on to the Minor Colleges (Escuelas Menores), buil around the end of the 15th century. The other two walls, unadorned, were built between the end of the 16th century and the first quarter of the 17th. The bronze statue of Fray Luis de León is the work of Nicasio Sevilla and has been standing there since 1869. The crenelated walls next to the façade, a tribute to University jurisdiction, are also from the time of Phillip III and replaced an earlier one whose construction was ordered by El Tostado. The crenelations continue on the south, in the street immediately behind the chapel. Up to the 16th century, there were also crenelations on the Fachada de las Cadenas, facing the Cathedral. The Escuelas Mayores are not the fruit of a single project but are rather of a series of extensions introduced from the beginning of the 15th century until the end of the 19th. The older parts reflect Gothic, Mudéjar and Renaissance tones, such that one could speak in terms of a building characterized by a lack of definition of styles, as proposed by Nieto Alcaide. The sequence of construction may have been as follows. The first part to be built would have been the west corridor, with a single floor, followed by the east one, also single-storied and including the oratory of St Jerome. Both of these would have been erected in the first quarter of the 15th century. In 1474 work began on a second chapel, on the ground floor, and a library above it; this is where the present-day chapel stands. Both the chapel and the library were completed by 1479. When the whole part, with both floors, was designated to become the chapel it became necessary to build a new library. This was begun in 1509, and at the same time a floor and also the hallway were added to the west corridor. And in the same year, the so-called Galería de Enigmas (see below) was added. At some unknown date, but certainly before 1469 (the year in which people were starting to talk about a square design) another corridor –smaller than the present-day one– was built. Around 1570, this was reformed with the current corridor on the northern side, under the supervision of Rodrigo Gil de Hontañón, and it became the place where classes were again taught there in 1574-1575. In the second half of the 18th century, today’s current chapel and the Salon de Claustros (Senate Hall) were built, and towards the end of the 19th century the cloistered part was completed with another floor built on the eastern corridor and over the northern corridor based on a project by José Secall, who also designed the arch work on the southern corridor. As the culmination of all these constructions and additions, we now have the present edifice, organized around a patio with semicircular arches on the ground floor and five-pointed oge earches on the upper floor, both floors being connected by a magnificent staircase. The disposition of the floors seems to be related to the design of a Roman house, which would in part explain –at least for the defenders of this hypothesis– the addition of the richly sculpted façade, based on Vitruvian influences.
Generating Talent: How to Put Intelligence to Work develops an innovative model that explains the generation of talent as intelligence acting in a way that is suitable, brilliant and efficient. It reveals how it is generated not only in individuals, but in organizations and societies as well.
«This is an optimistic book. Not optimistic with the slightly flaccid optimism of self-help books that promise us all that we can become instant millionaires, but optimistic because it describes how neuroscience shows our capacities to be even greater than previously thought.» José Antonio Marina
Every year, countless studies are published which …
Generating Talent: How to Put Intelligence to Work develops an innovative model that explains the generation of talent as intelligence acting in a way that is suitable, brilliant and efficient. It reveals how it is generated not only in individuals, but in organizations and societies as well.
«This is an optimistic book. Not optimistic with the slightly flaccid optimism of self-help books that promise us all that we can become instant millionaires, but optimistic because it describes how neuroscience shows our capacities to be even greater than previously thought.» José Antonio Marina
Every year, countless studies are published which measure the talent contained in organizations, countries, and even entire economies. Unfortunately, in José Antonia Marina's opinion, all these studies contain errors in their approach. Talent is mentioned as though it were a rare and valuable gem that needs to be fought for. It doesn't matter if you are talking about the world of business or football: the important thing is to sign the best. The author argues that this old-fashioned idea, that a particular resource is like a cake we all must share, is the antithesis to a creative vision of intelligence, capable of invention and of amplifying our possibilities, our wealth and our talent.
José Antonio Marina offers us in Talent Generation tips on how to think better, feel better, make better decisions and implement them with more determination. This is the journey that the reader will take through this book.
Originally published in Spanish as Voto de tinieblas, this is a translation by Kieran Tapsell. Among the stories and characters of Vow of Darkness it unfolds a reflection around the prohibitions and dangers that a nun living the confused and violent period of independence from Spain must face when she decides to be a writer in a world where writing is an exclusively male activity. Alongside these adventures is woven a reflection about personal and collective memory. It outlines how the indigenous population extinguishes destroyed by war, smallpox and shame. And yet, there are characters trying to give sense to their …
Originally published in Spanish as Voto de tinieblas, this is a translation by Kieran Tapsell. Among the stories and characters of Vow of Darkness it unfolds a reflection around the prohibitions and dangers that a nun living the confused and violent period of independence from Spain must face when she decides to be a writer in a world where writing is an exclusively male activity. Alongside these adventures is woven a reflection about personal and collective memory. It outlines how the indigenous population extinguishes destroyed by war, smallpox and shame. And yet, there are characters trying to give sense to their own lives through generosity, compassion, understanding the other, identifying with their memory, diluting cultural distances, changing the roles and transforming the victorious on defeated or trying to solve the antagonisms that the nun draws in the written geographies of her body throughout philanthropy.
This book fills a great void existing, until now, in the description and understanding of the history of modern psychology. It sheds light on one of the most unknown and least assumed aspects of the historical development of humanistic-transpersonally oriented psychotherapy, by exposing, in a systematic and adequately documented way, the details of the development of therapeutic processes, the personal stories of the pioneers of the Human Potential Movement and the, in many ways, profound impact that Osho (also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) had on hundreds of psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists between the 1970s and 1990s. Numerous of the most …
This book fills a great void existing, until now, in the description and understanding of the history of modern psychology. It sheds light on one of the most unknown and least assumed aspects of the historical development of humanistic-transpersonally oriented psychotherapy, by exposing, in a systematic and adequately documented way, the details of the development of therapeutic processes, the personal stories of the pioneers of the Human Potential Movement and the, in many ways, profound impact that Osho (also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh) had on hundreds of psychologists, psychiatrists, and therapists between the 1970s and 1990s. Numerous of the most prominent figures of the humanistic-transpersonal movement were in direct contact or were indirectly influenced by the teachings of this controversial and unorthodox contemporary spiritual teacher. This book intertwines, in an entertaining way, precise historical information and anecdotes experienced and related by the protagonists of this time.
The 20th century saw two great world wars. It was a century of crisis, as it was also of change and progress. However, he will be remembered for two huge human tragedies, in which groups of people tried to annihilate specific ethnic groups. This is the case of the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust.The Armenian Testament is a historical novel in which the circumstances, characters and places are collected, as well as the political motivations that gave rise to the so-called "Armenian Genocide" between 1915 and 1916. The protagonist is a fictional character, like many those that appear throughout …
The 20th century saw two great world wars. It was a century of crisis, as it was also of change and progress. However, he will be remembered for two huge human tragedies, in which groups of people tried to annihilate specific ethnic groups. This is the case of the Armenian Genocide and the Jewish Holocaust.The Armenian Testament is a historical novel in which the circumstances, characters and places are collected, as well as the political motivations that gave rise to the so-called "Armenian Genocide" between 1915 and 1916. The protagonist is a fictional character, like many those that appear throughout the book. However, the fundamental facts, the actors in the process that gave rise to massacres and deportations, are real, and their perverse policies caused one of the greatest crimes committed against humanity. Despite this, Turkey still does not recognize the genocide and does not understand that such a step would mean a national catharsis, which would help in its transformation into a modern European nation. Then, and only then, will the Armenians be able to definitively bury their victims and look resolutely to the future. "A tragic story told with sensitivity and beauty. An amazing book." Ceci, Goodreads.«A beautiful, fine narrative about one of the first atrocities of the 20th century. Delicate treatise on this tragic historical event narrated from a fiction with capricious detail, to the personal experience of an expatriate, to the physical and spiritual restlessness of the Armenian people. Highly recommended". Maria Reyero, Goodreads."Reading The Armenian Testament is not only a pleasure, it is also a lesson from a forgotten history that was one of the great injustices of the 20th century." D. Martínez, Diario de Almería.
This book provides a fun range of activities which a parent or carer will be able to undertake with children of pre-school age. Each new activity or exercise has an introductory statement for adults in a panel like this one, and each covers a topic with which small children will feel familiar and comfortable.
En este GLOSARIO destacados juristas de las Universidades más antiguas de Europa –como Bolonia, Oxford, Salamanca, Padua, París, Pisa y Heidelberg– analizan la actualidad del Derecho privado europeo a partir de una cuidada selección de términos jurídicos y principios generales claves, expresados en latín y producidos por el Derecho romano. No se trata de resucitar sin más la vieja experiencia jurídica; se trata de explicar y dar a valer un vocabulario jurídico universalmente reconocido, además de precisar el significado de las palabras como instrumentos de trabajo del ars boni et aequi. Son palabras básicas, determinantes del lenguaje jurídico que hoy …
En este GLOSARIO destacados juristas de las Universidades más antiguas de Europa –como Bolonia, Oxford, Salamanca, Padua, París, Pisa y Heidelberg– analizan la actualidad del Derecho privado europeo a partir de una cuidada selección de términos jurídicos y principios generales claves, expresados en latín y producidos por el Derecho romano. No se trata de resucitar sin más la vieja experiencia jurídica; se trata de explicar y dar a valer un vocabulario jurídico universalmente reconocido, además de precisar el significado de las palabras como instrumentos de trabajo del ars boni et aequi. Son palabras básicas, determinantes del lenguaje jurídico que hoy utilizamos a diario, porque dan vida y formulan conceptos fundamentales del Derecho privado, como obligación, contrato, préstamo, permuta, dolo, culpa, patria potestad, testamento, legado, fideicomiso, propiedad, posesión, usucapión, servidumbre, donación, entre otros. Y no solo esto; el libro incorpora también palabras y expresiones latinas que han conseguido convertirse en reglas universales de la justicia, como la buena fe o la equidad. Y palabras que expresan la tutela judicial efectiva del magistrado que protege los derechos civiles y los intereses legítimos de la ciudadanía, como acción y excepción. En 2018 la Universidad de Salamanca cumple 800 años de vida. Y nada mejor ni más ilusionante que celebrar el octavo centenario con la edición de este GLOSARIO multilingüe y plurinacional de una disciplina que sirvió como piedra angular para la fundación de las universidades en Europa.
Esta tesis doctoral versa sobre los Derechos Humanos de Tercera Generación, en especial referencia al Derecho al Desarrollo. Tratase de un abordaje propositiva con respecto a la contribución del Poder Judicial para el desarrollo socio-económico, a partir de una perspectiva interdisciplinario entre el neoinstitucionalismo económico y algunas divisiones del Derecho, especialmente el Internacional Público, Constitucional y Procesal Civil, con algunas incursiones en la Filosofía del Derecho.
Algunas ideas claves son presentadas con resalto de la importancia y valorización de los Derechos Humanos, como la de considerar que la existencia digna del hombre en la faz de la tierra está inexorablemente condicionada …
Esta tesis doctoral versa sobre los Derechos Humanos de Tercera Generación, en especial referencia al Derecho al Desarrollo. Tratase de un abordaje propositiva con respecto a la contribución del Poder Judicial para el desarrollo socio-económico, a partir de una perspectiva interdisciplinario entre el neoinstitucionalismo económico y algunas divisiones del Derecho, especialmente el Internacional Público, Constitucional y Procesal Civil, con algunas incursiones en la Filosofía del Derecho.
Algunas ideas claves son presentadas con resalto de la importancia y valorización de los Derechos Humanos, como la de considerar que la existencia digna del hombre en la faz de la tierra está inexorablemente condicionada por los derechos humanos, tanto los derechos civiles y políticos cuanto por los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales y, especialmente, por los derechos de tercera dimensión: al medio ambiente, a la paz universal y al desarrollo de los individuos y de los pueblos. Para la realización efectiva de estos Derechos Humanos se exige la participación de todos. Así sobresale la actuación de la Justicia, por medio de la protección a esos derechos.
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