About trump and the Evil and stupidity alliance
This blog is (or should be) about work. But the seriousness of the global situation, which threatens the continuity of democracy and development cooperation policies, justifies an article dedicated to the dangers of the current situation. After Trump’s victory, I am not optimistic. Progress ha
The debate on food reserves is back
During the two food price crises between 2008 and 2012, there was an intense academic and political debate on whether or not to create food reserves. In terms of the diagnosis of the problem, there was much talk about biofuel production, which had contributed to the shortage of grain reserves, some
Aspirin and structural transformation
A little over 20 years ago I published a booklet called El Naufragio (The Shipwreck), about the things I had learned in 10 years of work in rural development cooperation. At that time I was living in Central America, so I felt the problems very close to home. It is possible that my vision was [&hell
Is there such a thing as a fair price?
This article is published in Spanish in Planeta futuro at this link. Before the birth of agriculture, apples grew naturally in paradise and also allowed you at no extra cost to discern good from evil. Today they have to be grown with great use of natural resources and discerning good from evil is fu