Manuel Suárez Mier The global economic crisis caused to some extent by the pandemic has generated totally deranged economic policy proposals. Here I analyze those that have been presented in monetary policy. The world economic crisis caused to some extent by the pandemic that shut …
Image: Metamorworks on iStock Antonio Navalón We, the people, must decide whether to be part of endurance tests or to chart our destiny in which democratic values and the value and respect for our rights are the main driving force. Lately, being citizens -a status we all have, even though some of us command over …
Luis Rubio The discourse, body language, and tone are increasingly more intolerant and revealing of a growing despair. Verbal radicalization was on the rise throughout last year, culminating in indiscriminate attacks against educational institutions, journalists, and individuals, many of whom, paradoxically, have been the bulwarks …
JOSÉ MANUEL SUÁREZ-MIER Erica Chenoweth shows that peaceful resistance is more effective than armed struggle. In the current climate of anxiety that prevails in many countries, especially those suffering from authoritarian leadership or aspiring to be so, the question arises more and more frequently: what …
Antonio Navalón Since the beginning of time, governments have served – with greater or lesser effectiveness and for better or worse – for many things. In addition to being entities in charge of imposing order, collecting taxes, and exercising legitimate violence – which is done …
Luis Rubio The evidence of economic stagnation and social regression is overwhelming. Programs of social transfers to the president’s clienteles, although politically motivated, do not compensate for the impact of the pandemic nor for the lack of growth that Mexicans have experienced in these last …
Manuel Suárez Mier It is an aberration to place national security above the rule of law, respect for which should be a priority for the preservation of the democratic regime. There is great tension between those who believe that national security should take precedence over …
Antonio Navalón Within a few hours of each other in the Southern Cone and the Caribbean, two elections have been held that mark and reflect the moment the Americas are going through. On the one hand, there is Chile, a country in which, with a …
Luis Rubio The problem with bets is that they are binary: all or nothing. When a government plays the betting game, as when one plays with fire, it can end up badly. For three years, the Mexican president has placed odds on a series of …
Manuel Suárez Mier Dogmas lead to ideological schisms, for there will always be exegeses opposed to the official version, as the history of applied socialism shows. The Dutch historian Frank Dikötter has just finished an essential book in these times when aspiring autocrats are sprouting …