NOVEDADES

What do a barracks for British troops in the Falklands War, a floating jail off the Bronx, and temporary housing for VW factory workers in Germany have in common? The Balder Scapa: a single barge that served all three roles. Though the name would eventually change to Finnboda 12. And then to Safe Esperia. And later on, to the Bibby Resolution. And after that . . . in short, a vessel with so many names, and so many fates, that to keep it in our sights—as the protagonist of this fascinating economic parable—Ian Kumekawa has no choice but to call it, simply, the Vessel. Despite its sturdy steel structure, weighing 9,500 deadweight tons, the Vessel is a figure as elusive and abstract as the offshore market it comes to embody: a world of island tax havens, exploited labor forces, free banking zones, Thatcherism, Reaganomics, and mass incarceration, where even the prisoners are held offshore. Fitted with modular shipping containers, themselves the product of standardized global trade, the ship could become whatever the market demanded. Whether caught in an international dispute involving Hong Kong, Nigeria, Indonesia, and the Virgin Islands—to be settled in an English court of law—or flying yet another foreign “flag of convenience” to mask its ownership—the barge is ever a container for forces much larger than even its hulking self. Empty Vessel is a jaw-dropping microhistory that speaks volumes about the global economy as a whole. In following the Vessel—and its Sister Vessel, built alongside it in Stockholm—from one thankless task to the next, Kumekawa connects the dots of a neoliberal world order in the making, where regulation is for suckers and “Made in USA” feels almost quaint.

When Norman shows Jim his pet butterfly, Butterfly-Butterfly, Jim is suitably impressed, especially when Norman spouts butterfly facts. Then Norman adds Beetle-Beetle 1 and Beetle-Beetle 2 and so many more to his menagerie. Now Norman spends all his time feeding and caring for his pets and doesn’t have time to play. Grumpy Monkey Jim feels left out. And when all the bugs have babies, Jim declares that Norman has too many and persuades his friend to set them free. But then Norman sees a ladybug…

¿Y si hacer crecer tu dinero fuera más fácil de lo que parece? Mucha gente descarta invertir en bolsa por miedo, desconocimiento o falta de confianza en la industria financiera. Sin embargo, este libro parte de una idea sencilla: con el enfoque adecuado, cualquier persona es capaz de rentabilizar sus ahorros de forma segura, eficiente y sin necesidad de ser experta en finanzas. La bolsa a tu alcance demuestra que se puede invertir con éxito sin asumir riesgos innecesarios. Existen dos maneras para conseguirlo: a través de una estrategia pasiva basada en fondos indexados, que replican el comportamiento de un índice bursátil, ideal para quienes buscan invertir sin complicaciones; y por medio de una estrategia activa fundamentada en el value investing, la filosofía idónea para quienes desean gestionar sus inversiones con mayor implicación y un alto potencial de rentabilidad. Juan Granell presenta ambos enfoques con ejemplos personales, análisis de empresas reales y recomendaciones respaldadas por grandes inversores como Warren Buffett y Charlie Munger. A lo largo del libro se explican casos concretos, errores frecuentes, el impacto del interés compuesto en el tiempo y cómo evitar las trampas que el sector financiero pone al inversor. Sin fórmulas complejas ni promesas vacías, estas páginas ofrecen herramientas prácticas para invertir con sentido común y alcanzar, paso a paso, la libertad financiera.