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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 ...

Lección centrada en el estudio de la obra de Quevedo, en las influencias que a lo largo de toda su vida tuvieron humanistas como Lipsio y las de otros escritores clásicos cuyos trabajos tradujo y su aplicación a un momento histórico, el cambio de gobierno de Felipe III a Felipe IV y sus intentos por hacerse un hueco en la Corte, primero como privado del duque de Osuna y luego, tras caer en desgracia, como consejero con el conde-duque de Olivares, con el que mantuvo una manifiesta enemistad dado el caracter autoritario y absolutista de éste.

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