Month: June 2013
June 30, 2013
The Dilemmas of Productivity
Luis Rubio In the book “The Power of Productivity”, William Lewis compares the construction industry in Brazil, the U.S., and Mexico. His conclusion is very simple: the Mexican...
June 23, 2013
Leadership and Opportunity
Luis Rubio “When there is peace under the heavens”, says a Chinese proverb, “the big problems seem small”. When things work well, in normal mode, the defects or deficiencies slip...
June 21, 2013
Deficit and Opportunity
Luis Rubio Two things are vital for a surgical procedure to be successful, my father used to say: the surgeon knowing what to do and how to do it. As...
June 16, 2013
Politicians and Incentives
Luis Rubio A Canadian university professor was famous for never failing anyone in his classes. One day, some of his students argued in a debate that the policies of the...
June 16, 2013
Politicians and Incentives
Luis Rubio A Canadian university professor was famous for never failing anyone in his classes. One day, some of his students argued in a debate that the policies of the...
June 09, 2013
Where Are We?
Luis Rubio The country is going through difficult times, which does not cease to be paradoxical to many. For the PRIists, who feel that they’ve “made it”, everything seemed to...
June 09, 2013
Where Are We?
Luis Rubio The country is going through difficult times, which does not cease to be paradoxical to many. For the PRIists, who feel that they’ve “made it”, everything seemed to...
June 02, 2013
Migration and Responsibility
Luis Rubio “No immigration reform can expect to be successful if it clashes with human nature”. That is the way Demetrios Papademetriou sums up his view with respect to...
June 02, 2013
Migration and Responsibility
Luis Rubio “No immigration reform can expect to be successful if it clashes with human nature”. That is the way Demetrios Papademetriou sums up his view with respect to the...
June 01, 2013
Deficit and Opportunity
FORBES-Luis Rubio Two things are vital for a surgical procedure to be successful, my father used to say: the surgeon knowing what to do and how to do it. As...