Publications
The Dilemmas of Productivity
In the book "The Power of Productivity", William Lewis compares the construction industry in Brazil, the U.S., and...
The Morris Xalapensis: an effective rehash
Given the current rules of the game, the fleeting emergence of campaigns such as the Morris cat, which...
Mexican media coverage of Elba Esther Gordillo
Mexican media sticks to the agenda set by the government, while U.S. media set their own. Mexican journalists...
Leadership and Opportunity
"When there is peace under the heavens”, says a Chinese proverb, “the big problems seem small". When things...
Deficit and Opportunity
Two things are vital for a surgical procedure to be successful, my father used to say: the surgeon...
Politicians and Incentives
A Canadian university professor was famous for never failing anyone in his classes. One day, some of his...
Reform in competition and telecommunications: a test for Peña Nieto and interest groups
The telecommunications reform has been filling headlines and coffee conversations during the past week and it seems to...
Four facts about productivity in Mexico
México has the same levels of productivity as it did in 1979. If productivity isn’t everything, in the...
Four myths of productivity in Mexico
It’s neither more employment nor a panacea. Productivity implies doing more with the same or the same with...
Why?
Sometimes it is impossible to figure whether to be proud or ashamed. Mexico has become dysfunctional without the...