Month: August 2014
August 31, 2014
After the Reforms
Luis Rubio To steal the Hesperides’s golden apples, Hercules proposed to Atlas, the Titan holding up the heavens, that he would take up the heavy burden if Atlas obtained the...
August 24, 2014
The De Facto Strategy
Luis Rubio It never fails to impress me to hear that the cost of labor in China rose and that this would benefit Mexico. The logic implied is that the...
August 21, 2014
The “unwritten rules”
FORBES – August 21, 2014 Today Mexicans no longer speak of the “unwritten rules” but these remain as valid as ever. The rules are not written because they refer to...
August 17, 2014
The Wages of Ambrosio
Luis Rubio It’s no news to anyone that the minimum wage (MW) is extremely low. Those who champion an increase decreed by the authority follow a logic that seems impeccable:...
August 15, 2014
The Reforms and the Future
INFOLATAM – Luis Rubio With the formal announcement of the energy reform, President Enrique Peña-Nieto concluded the first step of his project of government. The series of reforms that were carried...
August 10, 2014
What Should Follow
Luis Rubio To govern, an authoritarian system requires no more than skill, some institutions and minimal rules because everything revolves around the capacity of the governor to impose his will....
August 03, 2014
Corruption and Growth
Luis Rubio There is rarely a discussion on the cause of the low growth of the economy in which corruption does not arise as an explanatory factor and more so...
August 01, 2014
The “unwritten rules”
FORBES – Agosto 2014 Today Mexicans no longer speak of the “unwritten rules” but these remain as valid as ever. The rules are not written because they refer to the...