Saturday, October 27, 2012
Pensar despacio, actuar rápido - teniendo en cuenta el largo plazo
En España, uno de los países más afectados por la actual crisis internacional, estamos atravesando un periodo de profundas reformas económicas y sociales.
Y es una lástima que no estuviéramos ni mucho menos preparados para ello. Porque cuando las decisiones políticas deben tomarse en tan corto periodo de tiempo, lo más probable es que se haga buscando el impacto en el corto plazo, sin distinguir entre las necesidades inmediatas del país y aquellas esenciales en el largo plazo.
Para ilustrarlo, podemos considerar dos medidas tomadas para equilibrar las cuentas públicas y reducir el déficit. Una de ellas busca aumentar los ingresos y la otra reducir los gastos.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Think slow, act fast - and always consider the long-term
We are
through a period of deep reforms in Spain, one of the countries more affected
by the crisis.
Shame that we were not prepared for this. Because when policy moves this fast, the odds favor a short term vision. It becomes difficult to distinguish between the immediate and the long term needs of a country.
To illustrate this, we can focus on two measures taken to balance the Spanish public sector accounts, one on the revenue side and the other on the expenditure front.
Shame that we were not prepared for this. Because when policy moves this fast, the odds favor a short term vision. It becomes difficult to distinguish between the immediate and the long term needs of a country.
To illustrate this, we can focus on two measures taken to balance the Spanish public sector accounts, one on the revenue side and the other on the expenditure front.
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