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SCREENING OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM: COST-EFFECTIVENESS AND HEALTH BENEFITS
Teles, João; Teles, Nuno; Sousa, HélderIntroduction: The abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a nosological entity whose main complication is rupture, being associated with a high mortality rate. The early identification of this pathology in groups at risk through an ultrasound screening program can have benefits based on elective surgical repair before the rupture occurs, preventing death. In Portugal, no screening program for this aneurysm is implem...
Tecnologia e Trabalho no século XXI: uma proposta de abordagem
Teles, Nuno; Caldas, José CastroA controvérsia acerca dos efeitos da evolução tecnológica no emprego, nos salários e no trabalho tem origens remotas nos primórdios da Revolução Industrial. O presente Caderno questiona os fundamentos das narrativas mais correntes acerca do ‘futuro do trabalho’. Mostra, na primeira secção, que o debate académico sobre os ritmos, a direção e os impactos da inovação tecnológica sobre o emprego e o trabalho está l...
Tecnologia, Trabalho e Emprego: das controvérsias do passado na economia políti...
Caldas, José Castro; Teles, NunoAs máquinas capazes de realizar trabalho por si mesmas invadiram o espaço público, tornando-se tema recorrente de debate nos meios de comunicação social. Nomeadamente, as consequências da mecanização no trabalho humano e no emprego suscitam desde tempos muitos remotos, em particular a partir dos primórdios da Revolução Industrial, debates acalorados entre posições muito contrastadas que exprimiram as avaliações...
Financeirização e Segurança Social
Rodrigues, João; Santos, Ana Cordeiro; Teles, NunoEste texto é um versão resumida e revista de um capítulo do livro Financeirização do Capitalismo em Portugal, Ed. Actual, 2016.
Semi-peripheral Financialisation and Social Reproduction: The Case of Portugal
Santos, Ana C.; Rodrigues, João; Teles, NunoPortugal, a semi-peripheral country within the world economy, has followed financialisation processes similar to and distinct from those of core countries. This article reflects on the factors that have shaped social reproduction in Portugal by examining the differentiated ways through which finance has interacted with the provision of housing, pensions and water and their variegated impacts. Based on these thr...
Financialisation of pensions in semi-peripheral Portugal
Rodrigues, João; Santos, Ana C.; Teles, NunoThis article aims at contributing to the literature on the financialisation of pensions in Europe by examining the transformations occurring in semi-peripheral Portugal. The Portuguese case accounts for the variegated nature of financialisation in general, and of pension provision in particular, throughout Europe. While the country followed similar processes to those of core European Union (EU) countries, leadi...
Semi-peripheral financialisation: the case of Portugal
Rodrigues, João; Santos, Ana C.; Teles, NunoThis paper presents the main features of the financialisation of the Portuguese economy and society by focusing on the relation between the Portuguese financial sector and both external and domestic economic agents. It underlines the role played by the insertion of domestic finance into international financial markets in the financialisation of the country. Based on the Portuguese case, it elaborates on the the...
Cross-national comparative analysis of household well-being
Santos, Ana C.; Teles, Nuno; Matias, Raquel; Brown, Andrew; Spencer, DavidThis report examines individual and household level data with a view to tracing changes in household material and non-material well-being before and since the financial crisis of 2007-08. Based on the analysis of various selected indicators, some tentative conclusions are drawn on: 1) The overall impact of the process of financialisation and of the financial crisis on well-being across countries; 2) The impact ...
Financialisation of Pensions in Europe: Systemic and Variegated Effects in Semi...
Rodrigues, João; Santos, Ana C.; Teles, NunoThis paper aims at contributing to the literature on the financialisation of pensions in Europe by examining the transformations occurring in semi-peripheral Portugal. The Portuguese case accounts for both the differentiated and uneven nature of financialisation in general and of pension provision in particular, going beyond the Anglo-American model of financialisation prevalent in the literature. While the cou...
Finance and economic and social reproduction: prospects for financialised futur...
Rodrigues, João; Santos, Ana C.; Teles, NunoPortugal is a semi-peripheral country within the EU that has partially followed similar processes as those of most financialised core countries, and that has been particularly hard-hit by the GFC. This paper reflects on the factors that have shaped economic and social reproduction in Portugal, drawing on previous research examining the involvement of households with finance and the systems of provision for hous...