Teoría de Precios: Porqué está mal la Economía (Price Theory: Economics is Mistaken) is an economic essay written in textbook format by Mexican author Jorge Del Villar."Teoría de precios: porque esta mal la economia" Editorial. Mexico Social 1 march 2011 http://issuu.com/mexico_social/docs/numero8_marzo/5?e=2340060/4110519
Author's biographical notes Jorge del Villar is a Mexican writer, economist, journalist and artist. El Heraldo, El Sol de México and Momento newspapers covered on July 6 and 7, 1986, the opening of an art exhibit of artists linked to San Luis Potosí State at the Casa de la Cultura de San Luis Potosí, unveiled by its then director Francisco Cossío, whose name was later used to rename the cultural center as Museo Francisco Cossio and by Raúl Gamboa Cantón, director of the Instituto Potosino de Bellas Artes.El Heraldo lunes 7 de Julio Cultura y Sociedad p.1El Sol de San Luis San Luis Potosí S.L.P. Domingo 6 de Julio de 1986 p.14Momento San Luis Potosí, S.L.P. Domingo 6 de Julio de 1986 p. 8 Jorge del Villar was only nine years old when his paintings were displayed in that exhibition. According to The Baltimore Sun, Del Villar’s involvement in his community dates back to his days at university. On November 2, 1997; Carroll County Times' front page covered a Mexican exhibit curated by the Mexican student, interested in sharing his heritage with Maryland's community.Carroll County Times Sunday November 2, 1997 Front Page Westminster, Maryland Jorge graduated summa cum laude from Western Maryland with a degree in economics. He also graduated from SOGEM School of Writers, where he had great professors, including Vicente Leñero, Hugo Arguelles, Emmanuel Carballo, Victor Huerta, Monica Lavin and Veronica Murguia From 2000 to 2002, del Villar served as advisor to Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda Gutman. From his column in El Universal, which he wrote from 2004 to 2007, del Villar promoted legislative changes to advance the rights of Mexico City’s citizens. He also managed a five hundred cattle limited liability rural production company.Class Notes. The Hill: McDaniel College Fall 2010: Vol.25 Number 3 The author is the son of Samuel I. Del Villar, a graduate of Harvard Law Schoolhttp://www.usembassy-mexico.gov/PDH/sDelvillarBio.html Samuel Ignacio del Villar retrieved feb 15, 2011 and founder of the Mexican left wing party PRDPlaza publica/Samuel del Villar El Siglo de Torreón retrieved feb 15, 2011 Miguel Angel Granados Chapa http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/140194.siglo and great-grandson of Manuel Gamio,González, Ángeles. Manuel Gamio: una lucha sin final. México D.F.: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1987. 124 considered father of Anthropology in Mexico. Del Villar hosted a radio talk show, "Caras de la Ciudad," which held discussions with public guests, including cabinet rank government officials, representatives and specialists. The program unveiled matters of national relevance, such as exposing left wing members of Congress who opposed legislation to promote gay rights. "Caras de la Ciudad" was transmitted by MVS Radio, an international broadcaster where CNN conductor Carmen Aristegui, worked.
Del Villar has received the Reconocimiento INEGI, given by the autonomous Mexican National Institute of Statistics and Geography, INEGI, for serving society by professionally broadcasting unbiased statistical data and for his contribution as a journalist. Eduardo Sojo Garza-Aldape, INEGI's president, gave the award, which has also been granted, to other renowned writers and journalists such as Mario Luis Fuentes and Karla Iberia Sánchez.
For his expertise in political affairs from an academic perspective, Jorge del Villar was hired to conduct the TV show "Habla de Frente" which stood out by being broadcast by two TV channels simultaneously, Canal Once and Canal Judicial and sponsored by Mexico's Federal Electoral Tribunal. According to its former president, Magistrate José Alejandro Luna Ramos, the purpose of the program was to promote a democratic culture, while for Enriqueta Cabrera y Cuarón, former director of Canal Once, this program was fundamental towards creating a sense of citizenship in Mexico.
In 2016, del Villar conducted, also in Canal Once the TV show, "A Favor y en Contra" where most respected scholars and popular politicians debated about controversial issues.
The Mexican author has written in most respected and popular daily newspapers in Mexico, including La Jornada; Reforma; during four years, he was columnist for El Universal, and now he is columnist for El Influyente. In October 2016, Jorge exhibited the artwork, "The Future of Modern Economic Theory" at prestigious JLS Gallery in Mexico City. With this art piece, which was created six months before the 2016 U.S. presidential elections, del Villar was one of the precursors of a movement known as "Trump Art". The artwork of about 6 ft wide and long, consists of the face of Donald Trump with a handwriting message forming a spiral in "Mexican pink" acrylic, reminiscent of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo scriptures on top of several paintings. The text invites anyone to change towards a more humane lifestyle and predicts an inevitable change of social and economic paradigms. The exhibit was covered by anchors Adriana Perez Canedo and Javier Solorzano and by La Jornada and El Sol de México.El Sol de Mexico 5D Ciudad de Mexico Lunes 31 de octubre de 2016
Theme Teoría de Precios: Porqué está mal la Economía questions the fundamentals of economic theory. According to Del Villar, while all the components of the market have changed, including economic goods, producers and consumers, the basic theoretical principles have remained the same since 1776 when Adam Smith published An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Del Villar believes that economic theory, including the Law of Demand, the Law of Supply, and the explanations given to price determination, lacks of scientific rigor. He also considers that the discipline does not provide veridical explanations to the way consumers and producers behave in the real world."Teoría de precios." Editorial. Tiempo Libre: la Guía de México 3 march 2011: 63.
Del Villar proposes an integral revision of the fundamental principles upon which economic theory is built and suggests that other disciplines, like anthropology, should be included in such a process.
Reception Mexican media has taken interest in Teoría de Precios: Porqué está mal la Economía and has related common problems in the Mexican economy with the ideas in the book. Del Villar has been interviewed on Televisa's program "Primero Noticias""Primero Noticias." By Miguel Angel Collado. Televisa channel 2 México City, 23 dec. 2010 8:27 a.m. and on Radio Formula, Mexico´s largest broadcast house."Contraportada." By Héctor Herrera. Radio Fórmula 104.1 F.M. México City, 23 dec. 2010 6:50 p.m. The book has received reviews in journals and periodicals, such as CEIDAS' journal, México Social, Excélsior newspaper, MVS Comunicaciones, and Tiempo Libre magazine may be picked up for a second printing.
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