La crisis, el papel del estado y las previsiones de los economistas

Abstract

José Luis Sampedro self-defined ‘meta-economist’. Maybe because he knew that many economists and international agencies were wrong in recognizing the crisis. Although they rectified and predict a longer and serious crisis, are trustworthy their forecasts? In spite of their cyclical character, crises are difficult to anticipate and manage. Usually, they are related to the unbalanced growth, characteristic of Capitalism. Therefore, the present crisis was seen to come in the measure that, for time, well-known imbalances exist in real estate and financial sectors. Besides, the financial sector has been placed at the top of the control of the other activities; and neo-liberal doctrines have reduced regulatory capacity of public policies. Considering that this crisis may be indicating the end of a stage, we should not forget Sampedro and his lessons on the importance of the split of inequalities. He was a humanist. That is a very import difference with the neo-liberal way of understand our economic and social systems.