Month: April 2025
April 27, 2025
Storms
Luis Rubio A cartoon circulating on social media captures much of the current state of the world: in it, two presidents—Xi Jinping of China and Donald Trump—are reading books. Xi...
April 20, 2025
Readings from the Current Moment
Luis Rubio In these moments of deep political-economic convulsion, it is impossible to see the world without reference to relevant historical moments, from Edward Gibbon’s “The Decline and Fall of...
April 13, 2025
Uncertainty
Luis Rubio The French economist Frédéric Bastiat differentiated between what took place in front of everyone, which he denominated “the seen” in contrast with the long-term consequences of these observations,...
April 06, 2025
Homemade
Luis Rubio The decisive moments of the becoming of a country are those during which effective leadership arises that confronts grave adversity in contusive fashion. Present-day Mexico confronts two adversities:...