About this video Do current account deficits matter? This is the question that Antony Mueller analyzes in his lecture by using the examples of the United States, Europe, Japan, and Latin America to compare different account deficits. He talks about the United States, a country that has imported more goods than it has exported, which […]

Créditos El rol de los medios en el proceso eleccionario. La experiencia en México con la fractura del PRIDr. Roberto Salinas Auditorio Friedrich A. HayekUniversidad Francisco MarroquínGuatemala, 8 de octubre de 2003 Una producción de New Media – UFM. Guatemala, octubre 2003Cámara: Rebeca Zuñiga; edición digital: Grete Pasch / Rebeca Zuñiga; índice: Sofia Porres; publiación: […]

Créditos American Labor, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Dr. Charles W. Baird Friedrich A. Hayek Auditorium Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala, September 29, 2003 A New Media – UFM. Guatemala, September 2003.Camera 1: Jorge Daniel Samayoa; camera 2: Sergio Miranda; digital editing: Jorge Daniel Samayoa; index: Inés Zúñiga; XML: Fernando De León.

Créditos Eres un EmprendedorDr. Juan Carlos Cachanosky, Dr. Martín Krause, Dr. Eduardo Marty Auditorio Friedrich A. HayekUniversidad Francisco MarroquínGuatemala, 5 de agosto de 2003 Una producción de New Media, UFM. Guatemala, agosto de 2003Cámara: Rebeca Zuñiga; edición digital: Jorge Samayoa; índice: Jorge Estrada; publicación: Fernando De León 

  Créditos ¿Hacia dónde va el tipo de cambio? La dolarización en Ecuador Dr. Francisco Zalles Auditorio Friedrich A. Hayek Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala, 24 de febrero de 2003 Una producción de New Media – UFM para la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas/CEES. Cámara: Daniel López; edición digital: Jose Cordón; encoding: Rebeca Zuñiga; índice: Inés Zúñiga; […]

About this video Kurt Leube talks about the relationship between ethics and economics by providing precise definitions of morality and values, as well as the concept of homo economicus. He comments on how morals play an important role in economics and explains the spontaneous development of market. He also discusses the tabula rasa condition of […]

Créditos Puentes de cables de la Nueva Era Arq. Miguel Angel Rosales Auditorium Friedrich A. Hayek Universidad Francisco Marroquín Guatemala, 21 de octubre de 2002 Una producción de New Media – UFM. Guatemala, octubre 2002 Cámara 1: Jose Cordón; cámara 2 y edición digital: Marvin del Cid

About this video Jacob G. Hornberger talks about central-planned education and its failure. He explains the reason for this problem is the fact that a handful of people are the ones that are planning the education for millions of citizens. He cites Friedrich A. Hayek on how individuals have knowledge of their situations while the […]

Credits The Austrian Economics and the Libertarian Ideal: Taxation and Redistribution Jacob G. Hornberger Auditorio Friedrich A. HayekUniversidad Francisco MarroquínGuatemala, August 9, 2001 A New Media – UFM. Copyright New Media / UFM, 2001Encoding: Christian Van Der Henst; index: Inés Zuñiga; GML: Fernando De León

About this video In 1776, Adam Smith wrote The Wealth of Nations, a book that is partially responsible for the Industrial Revolution and the increase of the standard of living. Previously, the world was mainly dominated by mercantilism in which the government had control over all the population’s economic activities and it falsely related wealth […]

About this video The United States of America has come a long way since it declared its independence in 1776. On that date, Thomas Jefferson expressed the idea that man has been endowed with certain fundamental rights given by nature or God; rights that pre-exist government. Although this couldn’t be any clearer, people tend to […]

El Dr. Manuel Ayau responde a varios cuestionamientos planteados por Carlos Alberto Montaner y comparte sus experiencias a lo largo de su vida como empresario, defensor de las ideas liberales, educador y político. Comenta que por deseos de su padre adquirió su formación académica en Estados Unidos pero no por ello ha dejado de ser […]