Juan Carlos Herken Krauer is a German-Paraguayan economist, historian, journalist, writer and professor.
His novel "The Amethyst Villa" won the Literature Prize of the city of Asuncion in 2004.
"Esperando al Quebrantahuesos", his fifth novel, was published in 2019.
His most recent academic publications are focused on the globalised "education industry", redefining the accounting identity of "educational capital", by introducing the novel category of "prestige capital".
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They also propose the concept of "the teacher as the modern Sisyphus", within the context of the prisoner's dilemma approach, in order to capture the increasing constraints and ethical issues overhwelming the modern teacher.