Recordando toda la discusión sobre si se recortaba o no el presupuesto del gobierno de Costa Rica para el nuevo periodo, leo esto y me pone a pensar... Apparently, the open (“globalized”) national economy needs, and is indeed characterized by, strong governments, both in size and scope. According to cross-national studies, public expenditures per capita in open OECD economies are higher than in countries that are less integrated in world markets. This contradicts the argument that economic globalization weakens the nation state. Both a larger size and a larger scope of government activities in highly integrated countries can be plausibly explained by three reasons: a well-developed infrastructure is needed for successful international competition, including more public spending in fields like higher education, research and development, or transport; the distributional effects of rapid structural changes call for compensation; and more regulatory activities are needed to adapt to international developments. Creo no es tanto cuestión del monto, sino que lo que tenemos que vigilar bien es cómo se distribuye ese presupuesto. ¿Está yendo en realidad a infraestrucutra, educación, investigación y desarrollo, transporte?
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 11:41:27 +0000
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