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Research paper thumbnail of An EU Treasury with Eurobonds : Would it bring financial stability?

This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisa... more This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisation for the Eurozone. This would equip the Eurozone with better tools to deal with an economic shock, like the 2010-2012 sovereign debt crisis, thus making it more financially stable. After the theoretical presentation, the study presents a unique institutional design with an EU Treasury that manages debt mutualisation and a transfer scheme as well as other competences that address other present economic challenges. Crucial to the study are the issues of moral hazard and adverse selection that arise when thinking of European economic integration.

Research paper thumbnail of Irene Polo i la història de la Catalunya de la Segona República

L'objectiu d'aquest treball es elaborar un guio per a comic sobre la vida de la periodist... more L'objectiu d'aquest treball es elaborar un guio per a comic sobre la vida de la periodista Irene Polo. Ha estat realitzat a parts iguals per Albert Guasch i Alan Ruiz. Consta d'una vessant academica i una de creativa. Estudiem la vida i obra de Polo, aixi com el context historic que visque (la Segona Republica Espanyola) i les caracteristiques del periodisme catala de l'epoca. Tambe ens fixem en la relacio entre el periodisme i el mon del comic, centrant-nos en el genere del docucomic, en el qual s'inscriu el nostre projecte. Finalment, presentem el guio literari de l'adaptacio.

Research paper thumbnail of An EU Treasury with Eurobonds

This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisa... more This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisation for the Eurozone. This would equip the Eurozone with better tools to deal with an economic shock, like the 2010-2012 sovereign debt crisis, thus making it more financially stable. After the theoretical presentation, the study presents a unique institutional design with an EU Treasury that manages debt mutualisation and a transfer scheme as well as other competences that address other present economic challenges. Crucial to the study are the issues of moral hazard and adverse selection that arise when thinking of European economic integration.

Research paper thumbnail of An EU Treasury with Eurobonds: Would it bring financial stability?

This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisa... more This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisation for the Eurozone. This would equip the Eurozone with better tools to deal with an economic shock, like the 2010-2012 sovereign debt crisis, thus making it more financially stable. After the theoretical presentation, the study presents a unique institutional design with an EU Treasury that manages debt mutualisation and a transfer scheme as well as other competences that address other present economic challenges. Crucial to the study are the issues of moral hazard and adverse selection that arise when thinking of European economic integration.

Research paper thumbnail of Why achieving sovereignty still matters: The case of Catalonia as a stateless nation in the globalised world

Research paper thumbnail of The tentacular extensions of Disney - To what extent should Jean Baudrillard’s discussion in ‘Disneyworld Company’ affect the way we view Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl?

In the present essay we will try to convey weather Baudrillard theories of simulacra and hyperrea... more In the present essay we will try to convey weather Baudrillard theories of simulacra and hyperreality, as exposed in the article Disneyworld Company , remain valid when consuming Disney products by comparing them with one of the latest Disney blockbusters, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Research paper thumbnail of Charles Dickens: The realist rebel. An essay on Realism in Hard Times.

. In the current essay we will try to shed some light on the characters and events that represent... more . In the current essay we will try to shed some light on the characters and events that represent models of the empirical way and models for the idealist way of looking at reality in Charles Dickens’ Hard Times. We will focus on two key characters - the young Cecyl Jupe and her mentor and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind - and the events surrounding the initial quote.

Research paper thumbnail of Defrosting the balance of power - How important is the concept of power for understanding contemporary International Politics?

This essay tries to asses the extent to which power matters nowadays in international politics ac... more This essay tries to asses the extent to which power matters nowadays in international politics according to the taxonomy offered by Barnett and Duvall. It also tries to find examples of each and to describe how the balance of power is shifting nowadays.

Research paper thumbnail of Nation or valance: Why do voters support the SNP?

The story of the Scottish National Party (SNP from now on) is one of patience and doing things st... more The story of the Scottish National Party (SNP from now on) is one of patience and doing things step by step. Since its founding, the SNP has not always been taken seriously. Even after Devolution, with a Labour and Liberal Democratic majority in the Scottish Parliament, the nationalistic question in Scotland seemed to be successfully dealt with. As pointed out in McCrone (2012, p. 69) “the Labour party in Scotland thought it had stymied the nationalists when the Parliament was designed in the late 1990’s by adopting the additional member system which made it almost impossible for any party to get an overall majority”. So in the regional elections of 2007, when the SNP surpassed Labour, and even more in 2011, when it got a comfortable majority, shock and doubt were the norm among journalists, scholars and political analysts.

Research paper thumbnail of Irene Polo i la història de la Catalunya de la Segona República

Treball de final de Grau Periodisme 2014 L'objectiu d'aquest treball és elaborar un guió per a cò... more Treball de final de Grau Periodisme 2014
L'objectiu d'aquest treball és elaborar un guió per a còmic sobre la vida de la periodista Irene Polo. Ha estat realitzat a parts iguals per Albert Guasch i Alan Ruiz. Consta d'una vessant acadèmica i una de creativa. Estudiem la vida i obra de Polo, així com el context històric que visqué (la Segona República Espanyola) i les característiques del periodisme català de l'època. També ens fixem en la relació entre el periodisme i el món del còmic, centrant-nos en el gènere del docucòmic, en el qual s'inscriu el nostre projecte. Finalment, presentem el guió literari de l'adaptació.

Research paper thumbnail of An EU Treasury with Eurobonds : Would it bring financial stability?

This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisa... more This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisation for the Eurozone. This would equip the Eurozone with better tools to deal with an economic shock, like the 2010-2012 sovereign debt crisis, thus making it more financially stable. After the theoretical presentation, the study presents a unique institutional design with an EU Treasury that manages debt mutualisation and a transfer scheme as well as other competences that address other present economic challenges. Crucial to the study are the issues of moral hazard and adverse selection that arise when thinking of European economic integration.

Research paper thumbnail of Irene Polo i la història de la Catalunya de la Segona República

L'objectiu d'aquest treball es elaborar un guio per a comic sobre la vida de la periodist... more L'objectiu d'aquest treball es elaborar un guio per a comic sobre la vida de la periodista Irene Polo. Ha estat realitzat a parts iguals per Albert Guasch i Alan Ruiz. Consta d'una vessant academica i una de creativa. Estudiem la vida i obra de Polo, aixi com el context historic que visque (la Segona Republica Espanyola) i les caracteristiques del periodisme catala de l'epoca. Tambe ens fixem en la relacio entre el periodisme i el mon del comic, centrant-nos en el genere del docucomic, en el qual s'inscriu el nostre projecte. Finalment, presentem el guio literari de l'adaptacio.

Research paper thumbnail of An EU Treasury with Eurobonds

This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisa... more This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisation for the Eurozone. This would equip the Eurozone with better tools to deal with an economic shock, like the 2010-2012 sovereign debt crisis, thus making it more financially stable. After the theoretical presentation, the study presents a unique institutional design with an EU Treasury that manages debt mutualisation and a transfer scheme as well as other competences that address other present economic challenges. Crucial to the study are the issues of moral hazard and adverse selection that arise when thinking of European economic integration.

Research paper thumbnail of An EU Treasury with Eurobonds: Would it bring financial stability?

This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisa... more This study is aimed at exploring why many economists propose a transfer scheme and debt mutualisation for the Eurozone. This would equip the Eurozone with better tools to deal with an economic shock, like the 2010-2012 sovereign debt crisis, thus making it more financially stable. After the theoretical presentation, the study presents a unique institutional design with an EU Treasury that manages debt mutualisation and a transfer scheme as well as other competences that address other present economic challenges. Crucial to the study are the issues of moral hazard and adverse selection that arise when thinking of European economic integration.

Research paper thumbnail of Why achieving sovereignty still matters: The case of Catalonia as a stateless nation in the globalised world

Research paper thumbnail of The tentacular extensions of Disney - To what extent should Jean Baudrillard’s discussion in ‘Disneyworld Company’ affect the way we view Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl?

In the present essay we will try to convey weather Baudrillard theories of simulacra and hyperrea... more In the present essay we will try to convey weather Baudrillard theories of simulacra and hyperreality, as exposed in the article Disneyworld Company , remain valid when consuming Disney products by comparing them with one of the latest Disney blockbusters, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.

Research paper thumbnail of Charles Dickens: The realist rebel. An essay on Realism in Hard Times.

. In the current essay we will try to shed some light on the characters and events that represent... more . In the current essay we will try to shed some light on the characters and events that represent models of the empirical way and models for the idealist way of looking at reality in Charles Dickens’ Hard Times. We will focus on two key characters - the young Cecyl Jupe and her mentor and schoolmaster Thomas Gradgrind - and the events surrounding the initial quote.

Research paper thumbnail of Defrosting the balance of power - How important is the concept of power for understanding contemporary International Politics?

This essay tries to asses the extent to which power matters nowadays in international politics ac... more This essay tries to asses the extent to which power matters nowadays in international politics according to the taxonomy offered by Barnett and Duvall. It also tries to find examples of each and to describe how the balance of power is shifting nowadays.

Research paper thumbnail of Nation or valance: Why do voters support the SNP?

The story of the Scottish National Party (SNP from now on) is one of patience and doing things st... more The story of the Scottish National Party (SNP from now on) is one of patience and doing things step by step. Since its founding, the SNP has not always been taken seriously. Even after Devolution, with a Labour and Liberal Democratic majority in the Scottish Parliament, the nationalistic question in Scotland seemed to be successfully dealt with. As pointed out in McCrone (2012, p. 69) “the Labour party in Scotland thought it had stymied the nationalists when the Parliament was designed in the late 1990’s by adopting the additional member system which made it almost impossible for any party to get an overall majority”. So in the regional elections of 2007, when the SNP surpassed Labour, and even more in 2011, when it got a comfortable majority, shock and doubt were the norm among journalists, scholars and political analysts.

Research paper thumbnail of Irene Polo i la història de la Catalunya de la Segona República

Treball de final de Grau Periodisme 2014 L'objectiu d'aquest treball és elaborar un guió per a cò... more Treball de final de Grau Periodisme 2014
L'objectiu d'aquest treball és elaborar un guió per a còmic sobre la vida de la periodista Irene Polo. Ha estat realitzat a parts iguals per Albert Guasch i Alan Ruiz. Consta d'una vessant acadèmica i una de creativa. Estudiem la vida i obra de Polo, així com el context històric que visqué (la Segona República Espanyola) i les característiques del periodisme català de l'època. També ens fixem en la relació entre el periodisme i el món del còmic, centrant-nos en el gènere del docucòmic, en el qual s'inscriu el nostre projecte. Finalment, presentem el guió literari de l'adaptació.