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Austerity threatens Mexico with government shutdown
Sheinbaum is finding you can’t cut your way to economic growth.
19 hrs ago
The Plan México Project
The nitty-gritty specifics needed to get Sheinbaum’s industrial policy right.
Oct 8
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[Free article] Sheinbaum’s biggest challenge, a year in
Investment in Mexico’s “real” economy just keeps falling.
Oct 6
10
Mexico fights inflation with trains, planes, and instant coffee
Higher minimum wages are only one side of the living standards coin.
Oct 1
6
September 2025
Why Mexico tolerates corrupt politicians
The uses and abuses of Morena's cartel-linked governors.
Sep 30
3
Sheinbaum’s latest bill worries the rich
Globally renowned, Mexico’s amparo reform tilts power toward the State—and against tax evaders.
Sep 24
4
A breakdown of the Mexico-Canada sans US plan
Lessons from having integrated through the US rather than with each other.
Sep 23
13
Why Mexico’s 50% tariff on Chinese cars won’t work
A new global economic order requires a much bolder strategy.
Sep 17
3
Suicide by centralisation
Sheinbaum has concentrated too much power in too few hands.
Sep 16
3
Mexico’s 2026 budget: Moralising and regressive.
Sheinbaum’s refusal to do a tax reform puts the poorest on a diet.
Sep 10
5
The political economy of record downpours
Torrential rain is the biggest economic variable for many this year.
Sep 9
Shoe smuggling: The new frontline in Mexico’s trade war
It’s not just about protecting footwear but about another front in the war on drugs.
Sep 3
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