Month: August 2015
August 30, 2015
The New Complexity
Luis Rubio In one of his memorable interventions in the escalation of the invasion of Iraq, Donald Rumsfeld argued that “…there are known knowns; there are things that we know...
August 23, 2015
Freedom and Democracy
Luis Rubio A few years ago, when Italy was traversing an electoral moment, a European publication accused the Prime Minister of suffering from a disease so rare that it had...
August 21, 2015
Practical Effects of Poor Decisions
FORBES – Luis Rubio “Experience, wrote Frederic Bastiat, teaches us effectually, but brutally. It makes us aware of the all the effects of an action, by causing us to feel them;...
August 16, 2015
Mexico as seen from Korea
Luis Rubio Korea and Mexico were more or less the same at the beginning of the sixties. That was a great time for the Mexican economy, with growth rates above...
August 09, 2015
The Old Authoritarianism
Luis Rubio The recent elections illustrated, once again, one of the greatest paradoxes that characterize Mexico. The country has taken extraordinary steps in electoral matters but, nonetheless, there is no...
August 02, 2015
Fears and Political Paralysis
Luis Rubio After Wilson’s departure from the Paris Peace Conference at Versailles following World War I, Clemenceau, on his way to a meeting with Colonel House, Wilson’s adviser, was fired...