Alberto Garzón🔻

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Alberto Garzón🔻

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Spanish politician & economist
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If fossil fuels are concentrated, the minerals required for the energy transition are even more so. A handful of countries and a handful of mines and refineries control the physical flows on which everything else depends. More: https://t.co/YwXQiC8Wya https://t.co/ww0uisHSXP #EnergyTransition #FossilFuels #MineralSupply #Thetweetdoesnotspecifyanycountries.Therefore #therearenocountrycodestoreturn.

(TR) ‼️ The data of accepted children in the public preschool schools of Madrid has just been released. Some important things:

(TR) Why conventional economics does not work to understand the current moment From the empty world to the full world. Herman Daly conceptualized the economy as a subsystem of the Earth System. During the industrial era we lived in an "empty world" where resources seemed

It is commendable this message from @amjorge15 where he acknowledges his mistake and gives credit to @Gil_JavierGil after weeks of debate. It is not common, especially not on social media. It is honorable. But I hope (and wish) that this case can serve as a lesson in humility for everyone when it comes to... (Original: Es de agradecer este mensaje de @amjorge15 donde reconoce su error y le da la razón a @Gil_JavierGil tras semanas de debate. No es habitual, y mucho menos en redes sociales. Le honra. Pero espero (y deseo) que este caso pueda contribuir como cura de humildad para todos cuando se) #Humility #Acknowledgment #SocialMedia #ES

Ayuso has learned from Trump that in politics, existing means occupying the center of attention, and that scandal is the quickest way to achieve it. But behind the show, there is an obvious strategy to forge a national leadership. (Original: Ayuso ha aprendido de Trump que en política existir es ocupar el centro de atención, y que el escándalo es la forma más rápida de conseguirlo. Pero detrás del show hay una estrategia obvia para forjar un liderazgo nacional. https://t.co/Lh0X0PJRyu) #PoliticalLeadership #MediaStrategy #ScandalPolitics #ES #US

A paradigmatic example of why economics students should be taught the laws of thermodynamics. We would spare ourselves embarrassing situations like this one of "economic growth without the consumption of natural resources." (Original: Un ejemplo paradigmático de por qué a los estudiantes de economía deberían enseñarles las leyes de la termodinámica. Nos ahorraríamos situaciones embarazosas como esta del “crecimiento económico sin consumo de recursos naturales”.) #Economics #Thermodynamics #Sustainability #Nospecificcountriesarementionedinthearticle.

Eurocentric readings of Hormuz tend to overlook the role of Asia — and China in particular — in the regional economy. 2024 was the first year in which Gulf–Asia trade surpassed Gulf–West trade, and petrochemical exports point in the same direction. Full analysis at https://t.co/1ELQdbG7yc -