Month: November 2015
November 29, 2015
The key of three
Luis Rubio Three categories of institutions lie at the heart of a political system: the State, the Rule of Law and an accountable government. For those who conceive of institutions...
November 22, 2015
Vignettes of Corruption
Luis Rubio Argentines employ the term “viveza criolla” (native cunning) and define it as “opportunistic depredation: timeliness in taking maximal advantage of the most minimal opportunity, sparing no effort in making...
November 15, 2015
Storms
Luis Rubio In 1982, in the middle of the maelstrom that he had precipitated, former Mexican President José López-Portillo affirmed that “I am responsible for the navigating but not for...
November 08, 2015
Truths by the Kilo
Luis Rubio “Men will never act well except through necessity: but where choice abounds and where license may be used, everything is quickly filled with confusion and disorder”, affirmed Machiavelli...
November 01, 2015
Life and Economics
Luis Rubio According to an anecdote that modernizes a story told by Plutarch in his Lives, an exhausted U.S. banker was found resting in a small fishing village on the...