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An analysis of Mexico's judicial voting patterns
Voting patterns revealed the ruling party's power struggles and citizens seeking an independent judiciary.
How did we get to the judicial elections?
How AMLO destroyed Mexico's judiciary in three steps.
Carlos Slim, Mexican billionaire
Carlos Slim is the perfect representative of the extractivist mexican model.
Mexico's frozen capitalism
Mexico's largest firms have not changed in decades.
The other "room next door"
Mexico's government is confusing business interests with trade policy.
Mexico City capitulates to Airbnb
Mexico City's government is afraid to regulate temporary rental services.
Becoming China
What conditions does the Mexican government need to create beyond fiscal incentives?
President Sheinbaum's most ambitious project
Plan México, Sheinbaum's development program, runs the risk of falling victim of previous programs' mistakes
Hunger is still prevalent in Mexico
Fourteen percent of the Mexican population does not have enough food.
Why Mexico is not on the brink
Reasons behind the landslide victory of president Sheinbaum and factors that may prevent democratic erosion.
Five reasons why Sheinbaum won in Mexico
Beyond the populist narrative, Morena delivered real benefits to its base.
How Sheinbaum will be different from AMLO
Mexico’s next president may prove less popular but more competent.
The meaning of Mexico's first female president
A gender-parity legal framework empowered women in Mexican politics.
AMLO's presidency legacy
An assesment of the legacy of Mexico's outgoing president.
How did Mexico reduce economic inequality?
Income inequality has diminished in Mexico from 2018 to 2022 due to higher labor income.
Mexico's bottom-up democratic transition
A class analysis of Mexico's democratic transition reveals its shortcomings.
Who are the new Morena voters?
Support for Morena, Mexico's incumbent party, comes from its labor policies, not its social programs.
The last PRI voters
Support for the PRI, Mexico's old ruling party, only stands in poor rural strongholds.
Who was convinced by Xóchitl Gálvez?
The PAN, Mexico's conservative party, has become a party of the urban elites.
Mexico's political dynasties
This is a first step in understanding Mexico's political class, and in deducing how it has evolved.
"Gringo go home"
The Mexican capital's housing crisis has given rise to a wave of xenophobia that absolves the real culprits.
What is the middle class in Mexico?
There are three main ways of measuring who is middle class in Mexico.
The Real Reasons for AMLO’s Popularity
The Real Reasons for AMLO’s Popularity
How people experience inequality in Mexico
In some Mexican cities, walking a block is like traveling from Western Europe to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Mexico's business elite (1979-2020)
Mexico's business elite has remained largely unchanged in more than a half-century.
Mexico's water access issues
Mexico's water ownership system favors corporations and a few interest groups.
Fake unionization in Mexico
Labor reform reveals 86% of Mexican CBAs were false until 2023.
AMLO's public procurement reform
Mexico is attempting to streamline purchases and public works. The private sector is lobbying against it.
Profit inflation in Mexico
Sixty-eight percent of Mexico's 2022 inflation is explained by increases in corporate profit margins.
Unusual voting patterns in Mexico's 2021 midterm election
El PRI-PAN parece tener mayor capacidad de movilización de votos que Morena.
How did Mexico reduce its poverty?
Five million Mexicans have been lifted out of poverty since 2018, primarily because of wage increases.
La escuela privada es un timo
Mexican private schools have lower learning outcomes than other private schools across Latin America.
Mexico's housing crisis
Mexicans struggle to access affordable mortgages as policymakers prioritize corporate profits over housing.
A better way to understand the US-Mexico relationship
Mexico and the U.S. have deeply integrated economies. Their problems must be solved together.
Mexico’s mining taxes
Why Mexico's Mining Tax Fails to Reach Intended Beneficiary Communities.
Misunderstandings about Mexico's informality
Many informal workers pay taxes and are not responsible for their status. The wealthy control tax evasion.
No, you are not wealthy
Many middle-class Mexicans identify as wealthy and, as a result, support policies that affect them.
Abuses of Mexico's notaries
The notary is an unnecessary and corrupt institution that must be reformed.
Mexico City's non-merit scholarships
Mexico City helps children in public schools regardless of their grades, which is fantastic.
Drug cartels aren't behind remittances
Data does not support the concern that the increase in remittances is due to money laundering by drug cartels.
Tax collection during AMLO's presidency
AMLO has increased tax collection by only 1.2% of GDP, a quarter of what the previous administration did.
Mexico's poor are paying more taxes
Poor households have doubled their contribution to national income tax collection.
Governors' unpayable debts
Mexican governors have acquired large amounts of public debt on unusually favorable terms for the banking industry.
Mexico’s upper classes are angry
Mexican upper classes are more pro-authoritarianism since a left-wing government took power.
Barrilito soda’s lawfare
A Mexican soda company is using legal tactics to thwart health-care regulations.
Mexico’s collusion between political and economic power.
Fiscal, labor, and antitrust regulation benefits Mexico’s wealthiest.
A banker’s cartel in Mexico
Eight banks manipulated government bonds, exposing the shortcomings of Mexico's antitrust commission.
Mexico’s post-neoliberalism.
Some neoliberal policies have been abandoned in Mexico, but its biggest vices remain.
Mexican Women Are Fed Up
Mexico's president has demonstrated insensitivity to the feminist cause and to women's most basic demands.
Mexico's legalized abuses
Mexico's greatest injustices are codified in its laws.
Did voters punish AMLO in Mexico’s 2021 midterm election?
Excluding Mexico City, the midterms revealed that the incumbent party performed stronger than expected.
Art’s public funding during AMLO's presidency
Mexico’s left government spends less on the arts than the previous right-wing administration.
How workers ousted the CTM union
Through the USMCA, the U.S. helped Mexican GM workers eliminate their corrupt union.
Resentfulness does not explain AMLO's support
Mexican voters are motivated by the hope that things will improve, not by a dislike for the elites.
Mexican employers are out of touch
Employers are using classist arguments to persuade their employees to vote against the left.
Mexico abandons its millennials
Mexican millennials will pay more taxes than any other generation while receiving fewer government benefits.
Mexico is a tax haven for the wealthy
Mexican taxation is deeply unfair to the middle class.
Corruption and inequality in Mexico
Corruption is more common in areas of public spending that benefit the poorest people in Mexico.
Coronavirus Has Mexico’s Workers Pinned Down
The pandemic has been used to double down on dangerous political rhetoric.
No, you aren’t the middle class
Millions of poor Mexicans identify as middle-class and support policies that benefit the wealthy.
The non-existent Mexican state
The federal government has no resources, savings, or direct contact with most of the population.
Lo que callan los empresarios mexicanos
The top 1% of Mexican firms keep 33% of business income, and 28 firms capture 70% of profits.
In defense of increasing Mexico's minimum wage
SMEs benefit from wage increases because they boost demand without significantly raising labor costs.
Mexico's tropical elite
Mexico's parasitic elite survived the democratic transition and thrives because of extreme inequality.
Son Robin Hood, pero al revés
An effective antitrust policy could reduce poverty by 1.5 percentage points by eliminating overpricing.
Austerity harms Mexico's poorest
Mexico’s president wrongly believes his austerity measures reduce inequality.
Two pandemics: COVID-19 and homicides in Mexico.
Economic inequality exacerbates Mexico's high mortality rate from coronavirus and violence.
The delusional Mexican elite
Mexican SMEs often align politically with large corporations, missing out on public policy opportunities.
How soda companies deceive the Mexican public
The processed food industry has caused an obesity and diabetes epidemic in Mexico.
The content of these texts is published by its author in her capacity as an independent professional and does not reflect the opinions, policies, or positions of other positions she holds.
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