Egipto

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From reviews of the Spanish edition: “Meyer’s perceptive commentary on Mexican power politics presents new insights into the petroleum lobbies in Mexico City and Washington. With unbiased empathy he shows the validity of Mexico’s complaints about foreigners’ deriving an overabundance of profit from a nonrenewable natural resource. He understands United States history and never abuses his license to criticize.” —Hispanic American Historical Review “This useful addition to the literature on twentieth-century Mexican–United States diplomatic relations is a scholarly work, worthy...

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 ...

Túneles, mapas y extraños exploradores: Descubra la auténtica historia de los grandes tesoros piratas, las fortunas de Atila, Atahualpa, Moctezuma o Gengis Khan. Un completo recorrido por la historia de los mayores enigmas históricos tras las pistas de tesoros perdidos, desde El Dorado precolombino y el oro templario hasta los tesoros secretos del Tercer Reich. Grandes tesoros ocultos narra de manera ágil y amena, la historia de algunos de los tesoros más buscados de todos los tiempos. En esta ocasión, Javier Martínez-Pinna se vuelve a poner el traje de explorador para tratar de...