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The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) was created during 1940s. It's a key indicator of economic policy, and it's considered as rule to measure the significance of a country's economy, and it's a common base for other important indicators, such as fiscal deficit and the human development index (HDI). Diane Coyle reminds us that this instrument is not supposed to turn into a fetish; on the contrary, since it possesses a history that explains its consolidation, along with a structure and strategies that show the conception of economy from those who postulate it. Nonetheless, the GDP is currently one ...

La herencia social de los pueblos andinos es muy rica, variada y compleja. Su larga tradición tiene orígenes remotos e inciertos; sus pueblos lograron grandes avances civilizatorios y sus creencias y prácticas culturales resisten los embates de la globalización económica y comunicativa de nuestro tiempo. Este libro aborda distintas problemáticas ligadas a esta apasionante temática, procurando un enfoque orientador sobre sus implicaciones latinoamericanas. No se pretende agotar la temática del patrimonio cultural andino pero sí abordar algunas de sus dimensiones: las prácticas...

Ésta es una investigación que intenta sacar a la luz los antecedentes socioculturales de la civilización occidental moderna. En efecto, al analizar sus antecedentes histórico-religiosos, elementos formativos, instituciones religiosas y sociopolíticas, creaciones intelectuales y artísticas, así como sus crisis espirituales y conflictos sociales, el autor logra discernir la clave para entender los periodos subsiguientes de la historia de Occidente, particularmente la Era Moderna, con sus evidentes logros ideológicos y científicos y sus lamentables vacíos espirituales y morales.

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