News of Martín A. Morgenstern

Martín A. Morgenstern

Dr. UBA, MBA y Bsc. Profesor e Investigador en Economía de la Salud.

No pills for leaders

Today 12:10 Wouldn't it be appropriate to require a deep psychometric test for anyone running for elected office and/or elected to a position of greater responsibility?

by Martín A. Morgenstern

This handout photo taken and received from the NSW Premier's Department on December 15, 2025 shows Ahmed Al Ahmed, the man who tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi beach attackers, talking to New South Wales Premier Chris Minns at St George Hospital in Sydney. A father and son killed 15 people at Bondi Beach on December 14, targeting a Jewish festival that marked the start of Hanukkah. Footage showed Ahmed ducking between parked cars as the shooting unfolded and then wresting a gun from one of the assailant's hands.

ATTACK IN AUSTRALIA

Ahmed al Ahmed and an indelible message to the world

16-12-2025 21:17 Ahmed al Ahmed had no obligation to risk his life as he did; he wasn't a police officer or a civil servant. He was simply a "true believer" in the human values of life, regardless of colour, sex, or religion.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

GUEST COLUMN

Truth or dare? Tariffs or closure of economies

28-04-2025 15:43 Confusing an algebraic exercise of hypothetical theoretical equilibrium by transforming it into economic policy can only occur in a poorly prepared mind, or perhaps one trapped in a swarm of cognitive biases.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Irrationalism, fantastic pseudology and denial

20-08-2024 16:11 Politicians and demagogic extremists of any kind are often responsible for feeding corrosive material to our neurons – but we are usually the ones guilty for ignoring reliable information and using extremely narrow analytical patterns.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

Members of the Israeli Army's infantry 6th brigade take part in an assault coordination exercise near Moshav Kidmat Tsvi in the Israel-annexed Golan Heights on December 7, 2023, amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues with Hamas militants in the southern Gaza Strip.

OPINION

War in Middle East continues to offer nothing but blood, toil, tears and sweat

08-12-2023 08:25 Israel has no other alternative but to continue the war until the surrender or total and definitive destruction of Hamas and all its troops.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

OPINION

Requiem to an era

04-11-2023 05:15 'Learn the lesson that if you are going to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe,' said Bernard of Clairvaux.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

Iranian women's rights campaigner Narges Mohammadi is seen at her home in Tehran on September 4, 2001.

GUEST COLUMN

Be careful women and children

10-10-2023 13:48 There is no doubt that being a woman, thinking, wanting to study and daring to express ideas are unforgivable crimes in the Islam of the Iranian Ayatollahs and their Taliban cousins.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

A citizen casts their vote at a ballot box at a polling station in Buenos Aires.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Incentives and the near future

28-08-2023 07:30 It is possible for Argentina to emerge from the difficult situation in which the country finds itself, but a comprehensive economic programme with centralised coordination and the broadest political support possible is necessary.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Crypto-currency or Krypto-currency?

14-06-2023 00:33 Should we prepare for a new embarrassing market crisis?

by Martín A. Morgenstern

Artwork for the SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 virus.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Research and behaviour: Gaps between production and use of scientific evidence

15-05-2023 11:02 There were documented warnings of an increasing likelihood of emerging infections or reinfections in a prevailing context of ecological and demographic changes.

by Martín A. Morgenstern

GUEST VOICE

What are you talking about folks?

28-05-2021 14:00 This has always been fascism, but with different costumes and masks...

by Martín A. Morgenstern