Month: April 2014
April 27, 2014
Reforms in the Era of Globalization
Luis Rubio The contrast between the discourse of the politicians and the reality in the streets wields a great impact. As if it were about two contradictory worlds, which mutually...
April 24, 2014
Bringing up the Rear but with High Hopes
FORBES – Luis Rubio Companies employ diverse macroeconomic or sectorial indicators for decision making about investments, production lines, and business opportunities. Over the last years, the “World Justice Program*” (WJP)...
April 20, 2014
Academia and Politics
Luis Rubio For Machiavelli, successful political operators are those who give the appearance of naiveté and cultivate a reputation of benevolence, independently of what they are conniving sub rosa. In...
April 13, 2014
Cost-Benefit
Luis Rubio Mexico has two economies that almost don’t communicate with each other (at least in terms of what they produce), a circumstance that does not predict a happy ending....
April 06, 2014
The Evidence
Luis Rubio In his book Foucault’s Pendulum, Umberto Eco affirms that “any fact becomes important when it connects with another”. There’s nothing like having hard numbers to able to understand...
April 02, 2014
The Two Mexicos
PROJECT SINDICATE – The world’s opinion page Jaana Remes – Luis Rubio MEXICO CITY – Mexico is making headlines of late. For a change, they are mostly positive. January marked the 20th anniversary...