Public Debt and Uncertainty

José Manuel Suárez Mier According to many neo-Keynesian economists, economics underwent an intellectual revolution about the role of public debt. They say that advanced countries should seize the opportunity of low-interest rates to borrow and spend without limits to fuel their economies. I am not …

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U.S.-Mexican Relations Go South

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The Vaccine, or Your Life

Photo: Thirdman on Pexels Antonio Navalón We are all prisoners of our fears. We all have somewhere hidden in the brain, heart, soul – for those who accept it, although for me its existence is clear – an area that I do not know if it is dark, that, of course, can obscure our life …

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Changing World

Photo: Pixabay on Pexels Luis Rubio It comes as no surprise to anyone that the world is fast becoming dramatically complicated. This is nothing new: for at least a decade, all referents that characterized the world during the last half-century have been eroding, called into question, or eliminated. What Mexicans may see in internal politics …

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Lies, Damned Lies, and Trump

Photo: Polina Zimmerman on Pexels José Manuel Suárez-Mier* The British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli is credited with saying that there were three types of deception, “the lies, the damned lies and the statistics.” The failed candidate Trump breaks all records in terms of lying, so he deserves that the famous phrase is adapted to incorporate …

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Mexico’s Demolition Derby: Two years of government incompetence

Photo: Shreyas Shah on Unsplash Manuel Suárez-Mier* A long list of failures highlights the President’s shocking inability to manage the country’s toxic situation The inauguration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) exactly two years ago was already an inauspicious event when it finally occurred because he had been de-facto leader since his electoral …

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Starting over

Image: Breakingpic on Pexels Antonio Navalón Faced with changes and uncertainty in life, people always reach a point where the best way to reactivate the general engine of illusions is to start over. Each time a cycle ends, an administration ends, and a new six-year term begins. Every time one marriage ends and another begins, …

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To destroy

Image: Rost 9D on iStock Luis Rubio Things were assuredly not perfect, and it had been some time since the promise of being part of the first world had dissipated. But the reality was not black and white:  Mexico had taken great strides forward, as illustrated by its aeronautical, automotive, and agro-industrial exports. States such …

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Trump Commits Financial Vandalism

Photo: Carlos Pernalete Tua on Pexels José Manuel Suárez-Mier* Krugman’s recent writing seems to me worthy of attention because of the serious dangers it augurs I do not usually pay attention to the writings of Paul Krugman in the NYT because they are usually the ravings of a radical progressive and not the thoughtful analyzes …

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Playing With Fire

Photo: Pixabay on Pexels Antonio Navalón The bets are crossed. Everyone wants to know if we will be part of the New or Old Testament. The outcome, will it be an eye for an eye? Or, is it that using the old institutionalization of what was once the United States, will Joe Biden forgive all …

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